Electrically pumped optomechanical beam GaN-LED accelerometer based on the quantum-confined Stark effect

Gangyi Zhu; Xin Ji; Zhenfu Zhang; Xingcan Yan; Ying Yang; Feifei Qin; Xin Li; Jiagui Wu; Xiaojuan Sun; Junbo Yang; Yongjin Wang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.490145

Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 9, 1583(2023)

Electrically pumped optomechanical beam GaN-LED accelerometer based on the quantum-confined Stark effect

Gangyi Zhu^1、*, Xin Ji¹, Zhenfu Zhang², Xingcan Yan¹, Ying Yang¹, Feifei Qin¹, Xin Li¹, Jiagui Wu³, Xiaojuan Sun⁴, Junbo Yang^2,5, and Yongjin Wang¹

Author Affiliations

¹GaN Optoelectronic Integration International Cooperation Joint Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China

²College of Arts & Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410003, China

³School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China

⁴State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China

⁵e-mail: yangjunbo@nudt.edu.cn

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Category: Optoelectronics

Received: Mar. 20, 2023

Accepted: Jul. 13, 2023

Published Online: Aug. 28, 2023

The Author Email: Gangyi Zhu (zhugangyi@njupt.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.490145

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