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Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 2, 73(2017)

Demonstration of an ultra-low-threshold phonon laser with coupled microtoroid resonators in vacuum On the Cover

Guanzhong Wang1, Mingming Zhao1, Yingchun Qin1, Zhangqi Yin2, Xiaoshun Jiang1、*, and Min Xiao1,3
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  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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    Guanzhong Wang, Mingming Zhao, Yingchun Qin, Zhangqi Yin, Xiaoshun Jiang, Min Xiao, "Demonstration of an ultra-low-threshold phonon laser with coupled microtoroid resonators in vacuum," Photonics Res. 5, 73 (2017)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Nov. 11, 2016

    Accepted: Jan. 1, 2017

    Published Online: Sep. 26, 2018

    The Author Email: Xiaoshun Jiang (jxs@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000073

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