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Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 4, 432(2021)

Realization of directional single-mode lasing by a GaN-based warped microring

Shengnan Zhang^1,2, Yufeng Li^1,3、*, Peng Hu^1,2, Zhenhuan Tian^1,2, Qiang Li^1,2, Aixing Li^1,2, Ye Zhang^1,2, and Feng Yun^2,4、*

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¹Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics & Information Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

²Solid-State Lighting Engineering Research Center, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

³e-mail: yufengli@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

⁴e-mail: fyun2010@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

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Category: Optical Devices

Received: Oct. 30, 2020

Accepted: Jan. 18, 2021

Published Online: Mar. 12, 2021

The Author Email: Yufeng Li (yufengli@mail.xjtu.edu.cn), Feng Yun (fyun2010@mail.xjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.413796

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