Demonstration of electrically injected vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with post-supported high-contrast gratings

Jing Zhang; Chenxi Hao; Wanhua Zheng; Dieter Bimberg; Anjin Liu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.447633

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