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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 8, 1390(2023)

High-power distributed feedback lasers based on InP corrugated sidewalls at λ∼2 μm Editors' Pick

Yongqiang Sun1,2、†, Yunfei Xu1,2、†, Jinchuan Zhang1,4、*, Fengmin Chen1,5、*, Junqi Liu1,2, Shuman Liu1,2, Quanyong Lu3, Ning Zhuo1, Lijun Wang1,2, Fengqi Liu1,2, and Shenqiang Zhai1,6、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • 4e-mail: zhangjinchuan@semi.ac.cn
  • 5e-mail: chengfm@semi.ac.cn
  • 6e-mail: zsqlzsmbj@semi.ac.cn
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    Yongqiang Sun, Yunfei Xu, Jinchuan Zhang, Fengmin Chen, Junqi Liu, Shuman Liu, Quanyong Lu, Ning Zhuo, Lijun Wang, Fengqi Liu, Shenqiang Zhai, "High-power distributed feedback lasers based on InP corrugated sidewalls at λ∼2 μm," Photonics Res. 11, 1390 (2023)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Dec. 27, 2022

    Accepted: May. 29, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 26, 2023

    The Author Email: Jinchuan Zhang (zhangjinchuan@semi.ac.cn), Fengmin Chen (chengfm@semi.ac.cn), Shenqiang Zhai (zsqlzsmbj@semi.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.484520

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