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Photonics Research
Vol. 7, Issue 11, 1244 (2019)

14 μm quantum cascade lasers based on diagonal transition and nonresonant extraction

Shouzhu Niu^1、2, Junqi Liu^{1、2、3、5、*}, Fengmin Cheng^1、2、3, Huan Wang^1、2、3, Jinchuan Zhang^1、2、3, Ning Zhuo^1、2、3, Shenqiang Zhai^1、2、3, Lijun Wang^1、2、3, Shuman Liu^1、2、3, Fengqi Liu^1、2、3, Zhanguo Wang^1、2、3, Xiaohua Wang^{1、2、4、*}, and Zhipeng Wei^1、2

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Lasers, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China

²Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

³Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

⁴e-mail: biewang2001@126.com

⁵e-mail: jqliu@semi.ac.cn

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Shouzhu Niu, Junqi Liu, Fengmin Cheng, Huan Wang, Jinchuan Zhang, Ning Zhuo, Shenqiang Zhai, Lijun Wang, Shuman Liu, Fengqi Liu, Zhanguo Wang, Xiaohua Wang, Zhipeng Wei. 14 μm quantum cascade lasers based on diagonal transition and nonresonant extraction[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(11): 1244 Copy Citation Text

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Shouzhu Niu, Junqi Liu, Fengmin Cheng, Huan Wang, Jinchuan Zhang, Ning Zhuo, Shenqiang Zhai, Lijun Wang, Shuman Liu, Fengqi Liu, Zhanguo Wang, Xiaohua Wang, Zhipeng Wei. 14 μm quantum cascade lasers based on diagonal transition and nonresonant extraction[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(11): 1244

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