Continuous-wave operation of 405 nm distributed Bragg reflector laser diodes based on GaN using 10th-order surface gratings

J. H. Kang; H. Wenzel; E. Freier; V. Hoffmann; J. Fricke; O. Brox; M. Matalla; S. Einfeldt

doi:10.1364/PRJ.444947

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