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Photonics Research
Vol. 7, Issue 2, 137 (2019)

Wide tunable laser based on electrically regulated bandwidth broadening in polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal

Hongbo Lu^{1、2、7、*}, Cheng Wei¹, Qiang Zhang¹, Miao Xu^1、2, Yunsheng Ding², Guobing Zhang^1、2, Jun Zhu^1、2, Kang Xie³, Xiaojuan Zhang⁴, Zhijia Hu^{3、4、5、6、*}, and Longzhen Qiu^1、2

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Special Display Technology, National Engineering Laboratory of Special Display Technology, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Technology, Academy of Opto-Electronic Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China

²Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Anhui Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China

³School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China

⁴Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK

⁵State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621000, China

⁶e-mail: zhijiahu@hfut.edu.cn

⁷e-mail: bozhilu@hfut.edu.cn

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Hongbo Lu, Cheng Wei, Qiang Zhang, Miao Xu, Yunsheng Ding, Guobing Zhang, Jun Zhu, Kang Xie, Xiaojuan Zhang, Zhijia Hu, Longzhen Qiu. Wide tunable laser based on electrically regulated bandwidth broadening in polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(2): 137 Copy Citation Text

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Hongbo Lu, Cheng Wei, Qiang Zhang, Miao Xu, Yunsheng Ding, Guobing Zhang, Jun Zhu, Kang Xie, Xiaojuan Zhang, Zhijia Hu, Longzhen Qiu. Wide tunable laser based on electrically regulated bandwidth broadening in polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(2): 137

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