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Vol. 12, Issue 11, 2539 (2024)

Dynamic phase transition region in electrically injected PT-symmetric lasers

Yang Chen^1,2, Yufei Wang^1,3,6,*, Jingxuan Chen^1,2, Ting Fu^1,2,4..., Guangliang Sun^1,2, Ziyuan Liao^1,2, Haiyang Ji^1,2, Yingqiu Dai^1,2 and Wanhua Zheng^{1,2,3,4,5,7,*}|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Laboratory of Solid State Optoelectronics Information Technology, 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

³College of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China

⁴Weifang Academy of Advanced Opto-electronic Circuits, Weifang 261021, China

⁵State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

⁶e-mail: yufeiwang@semi.ac.cn

⁷e-mail: whzheng@semi.ac.cn

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Yang Chen, Yufei Wang, Jingxuan Chen, Ting Fu, Guangliang Sun, Ziyuan Liao, Haiyang Ji, Yingqiu Dai, Wanhua Zheng, "Dynamic phase transition region in electrically injected PT-symmetric lasers," Photonics Res. 12, 2539 (2024) Copy Citation Text

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Yang Chen, Yufei Wang, Jingxuan Chen, Ting Fu, Guangliang Sun, Ziyuan Liao, Haiyang Ji, Yingqiu Dai, Wanhua Zheng, "Dynamic phase transition region in electrically injected PT-symmetric lasers," Photonics Res. 12, 2539 (2024)

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