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Photonics Research
Vol. 8, Issue 6, 899 (2020)

Horizontal GeSn/Ge multi-quantum-well ridge waveguide LEDs on silicon substrates

Linzhi Peng^1、2, Xiuli Li^1、2, Zhi Liu^1、2、*, Xiangquan Liu^1、2, Jun Zheng^1、2, Chunlai Xue^1、2, Yuhua Zuo^1、2, and Buwen Cheng^1、2、3

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, 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

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Linzhi Peng, Xiuli Li, Zhi Liu, Xiangquan Liu, Jun Zheng, Chunlai Xue, Yuhua Zuo, Buwen Cheng. Horizontal GeSn/Ge multi-quantum-well ridge waveguide LEDs on silicon substrates[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(6): 899 Copy Citation Text

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