• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 1, 6 (2018)
Byung-Min Yu1, Jeong-Min Lee1, Christian Mai2, Stefan Lischke2, Lars Zimmermann2, and Woo-Young Choi1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-Ro, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
  • 2IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
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