• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 2, 253 (2024)
Yixuan Zhu1、2, Shenqiang Zhai1、2、3, Kun Li1、2, Kai Guo1、2, Qiangqiang Guo1、2, Jinchuan Zhang1、2, Shuman Liu1、2, Lijun Wang1、2, Fengqi Liu1、2, and Junqi Liu1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3e-mail: zsqlzsmbj@semi.ac.cn
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    Yixuan Zhu, Shenqiang Zhai, Kun Li, Kai Guo, Qiangqiang Guo, Jinchuan Zhang, Shuman Liu, Lijun Wang, Fengqi Liu, Junqi Liu. Mode-switchable dual-color infrared quantum cascade detector[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(2): 253 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Yixuan Zhu, Shenqiang Zhai, Kun Li, Kai Guo, Qiangqiang Guo, Jinchuan Zhang, Shuman Liu, Lijun Wang, Fengqi Liu, Junqi Liu. Mode-switchable dual-color infrared quantum cascade detector[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(2): 253
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