Ce:YAG Transparent Ceramics Enabling High Luminous Efficacy for High-power LEDs/LDs

Aochen DU; Qiyuan DU; Xin LIU; Yimin YANG; Chenyang XIA; Jun ZOU; Jiang LI

doi:10.15541/jim20200727

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