Lanthanide-doped nanocrystals in high-Q microtoroids for stable on-chip white-light lasers

Limin Jin; Zhuo Liu; Yuqi Zhang; Yunkai Wu; Yilin Liu; Huachun Deng; Qinghai Song; Shumin Xiao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.456381

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