Stimulated emission at 1.54 μm from erbium/oxygen-doped silicon-based light-emitting diodes

Jin Hong; Huimin Wen; Jiajing He; Jingquan Liu; Yaping Dan; Jens W. Tomm; Fangyu Yue; Junhao Chu; Chungang Duan

doi:10.1364/PRJ.417090

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