• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 5, Issue 2, 57 (2017)
Zhen-Zhen Liu1, Qiang Zhang1, Yuntian Chen2、3, and Jun-Jun Xiao1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 2School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 3Wuhan National Laboratory of Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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