Optimization of Deep Ultraviolet Laser Diode with Monotonic Compositionally Graded Hole Reservoir Layer and Symmetric Compositionally Graded Hole Blocking Layer

Aoxiang Zhang; Pengfei Zhang; Liya Jia; Muhammad Nawaz Sharif; Fang Wang; Yuhuai Liu

doi:10.3788/LOP220595

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