Ultralow-threshold 940 nm triple-lattice photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers

Ziye Wang; Pinyao Wang; Huanyu Lu; Xia Liu; Bo Meng; Lijie Wang; Yanjing Wang; Cunzhu Tong

doi:10.3788/COL202523.101401

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 10, 101401(2025)

Ultralow-threshold 940 nm triple-lattice photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers

Ziye Wang¹, Pinyao Wang^1,2, Huanyu Lu¹, Xia Liu³, Bo Meng¹, Lijie Wang¹, Yanjing Wang¹, and Cunzhu Tong^1、*

¹State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Central Research Institute Planning, 2012 Labs, Huawei Technologies Company Ltd., Shenzhen 518129, China

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