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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 10, 101402(2025)

Single transverse mode, high-power, quantum cascade lasers at room temperature

Junpu Wang1, Wenbo Zhan2, Yang Cheng1,2, Ming Lü1, Wu Zhao1,2, Chenhao Qian3, Fangyuan Sun2, Yan Cheng4, Yuhang Zhang5, Tiancheng Yu6, Chaofan Zhang1、*, Jun Wang1,2,4、**, and Xiaojun Xu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2Suzhou Everbright Photonics Co., Ltd., Suzhou 215163, China
  • 3Faculty of Electronic Information Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian 223003, China
  • 4College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
  • 5Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou), Southeast University, Suzhou 215125, China
  • 6Nanjing Institute of Electronic Equipment, Nanjing 211100, China
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    Junpu Wang, Wenbo Zhan, Yang Cheng, Ming Lü, Wu Zhao, Chenhao Qian, Fangyuan Sun, Yan Cheng, Yuhang Zhang, Tiancheng Yu, Chaofan Zhang, Jun Wang, Xiaojun Xu, "Single transverse mode, high-power, quantum cascade lasers at room temperature," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 101402 (2025)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Jan. 26, 2025

    Accepted: Jun. 6, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 18, 2025

    The Author Email: Chaofan Zhang (c.zhang@nudt.edu.cn), Jun Wang (wjdz@scu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202523.101402

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.101402

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