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Photonics Research
Vol. 6, Issue 4, 314 (2018)

High-quality 2-μm Q-switched pulsed solid-state lasers using spin-coating-coreduction approach synthesized Bi₂Te₃ topological insulators

Junpeng Qiao¹, Shengzhi Zhao^1、5、*, Kejian Yang¹, Wei-Heng Song², Wenchao Qiao¹, Chung-Lung Wu², Jia Zhao¹, Guiqiu Li¹, Dechun Li¹, Tao Li¹, Hong Liu³, and Chao-Kuei Lee^{2、4、6、*}

Author Affiliations

¹School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

²Department of Photonics, Taiwan Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lienhei Road, Kaohsiung 80424, China

³State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

⁴Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, 128 Sec. 2, Academic Road, Taipei 11529, China

⁵e-mail: shengzhi_zhao@sdu.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: chuckcklee@yahoo.com

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Junpeng Qiao, Shengzhi Zhao, Kejian Yang, Wei-Heng Song, Wenchao Qiao, Chung-Lung Wu, Jia Zhao, Guiqiu Li, Dechun Li, Tao Li, Hong Liu, Chao-Kuei Lee. High-quality 2-μm Q-switched pulsed solid-state lasers using spin-coating-coreduction approach synthesized Bi₂Te₃ topological insulators[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(4): 314 Copy Citation Text

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Junpeng Qiao, Shengzhi Zhao, Kejian Yang, Wei-Heng Song, Wenchao Qiao, Chung-Lung Wu, Jia Zhao, Guiqiu Li, Dechun Li, Tao Li, Hong Liu, Chao-Kuei Lee. High-quality 2-μm Q-switched pulsed solid-state lasers using spin-coating-coreduction approach synthesized Bi₂Te₃ topological insulators[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(4): 314

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