InP-based antimony-free lasers and photodetectors in 2~3 μm band

ZHANG Yong-Gang; GU Yi; CHEN Xing-You; MA Ying-Jie; CAO Yuan-Ying; ZHOU Li; XI Su-Ping; DU Ben; LI Ai-Zhen; LI Hao-Si-Bai-Yin

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2016.03.005

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