Influence of microcavity effect on modulation response in 1.3 μm quantum dot photonic crystal nanocavity lasers

XING En-Bo; RONG Jia-Min; TONG Cun-Zhu; TIAN Si-Cong; WANG Li-Jie; SHU Shi-Li; WANG Li-Jun

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2017.02.007

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