Advances in III-nitride-based microresonator optical frequency combs (Invited)

Changzheng Sun; Yanzhen Zheng; Bing Xiong; Lai Wang; Zhibiao Hao; Jian Wang; Yanjun Han; Hongtao Li; Yi Luo

doi:10.3788/IRLA20220270

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