High-performance distributed feedback quantum dot lasers with laterally coupled dielectric gratings

Zhuohui Yang; Zhengqing Ding; Lin Liu; Hancheng Zhong; Sheng Cao; Xinzhong Zhang; Shizhe Lin; Xiaoying Huang; Huadi Deng; Ying Yu; Siyuan Yu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.454200

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