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Photonics Research
Vol. 5, Issue 6, B34 (2017)

LED-pumped whispering-gallery laser

Simon J. Herr¹, Karsten Buse^1、2, and Ingo Breunig^1、2、*

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¹Laboratory for Optical Systems, Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Georges-K?hler-Allee 102, 79110 Freiburg, Germany

²Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, Heidenhofstra?e 8, 79110 Freiburg, Germany

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