Bifunctional ultraviolet light-emitting/detecting device based on a SnO2 microwire/p-GaN heterojunction

Tong Xu; Mingming Jiang; Peng Wan; Kai Tang; Daning Shi; Caixia Kan

doi:10.1364/PRJ.441999

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