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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 9, 1899(2024)

Twenty-milliwatt, high-power, high-efficiency, single-mode, multi-junction vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers using surface microstructures

Yao Xiao1,2, Pei Miao1,3, Jun Wang1,3、*, Heng Liu3, Yudan Gou1, Zhicheng Zhang1, Bangguo Wang1, Wuling Liu1, Qijie Wang2, Guoliang Deng1, and Shouhuan Zhou1
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  • 1College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • 2School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
  • 3Suzhou Everbright Photonics Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215163, China
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    Yao Xiao, Pei Miao, Jun Wang, Heng Liu, Yudan Gou, Zhicheng Zhang, Bangguo Wang, Wuling Liu, Qijie Wang, Guoliang Deng, Shouhuan Zhou, "Twenty-milliwatt, high-power, high-efficiency, single-mode, multi-junction vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers using surface microstructures," Photonics Res. 12, 1899 (2024)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Feb. 21, 2024

    Accepted: Jun. 30, 2024

    Published Online: Aug. 23, 2024

    The Author Email: Jun Wang (wjdz@scu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.521098

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