• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 59, Issue 19, 1900003 (2022)
Qiang Huang1、2, Yi Zhang1, Junqiang Sun1、*, Changliang Yu3, Jianfeng Gao1, Peilin Jiang1, Haotian Shi1, and Chukun Huang1
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  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
  • 2Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Grids Operation and Control on Multi-Power Sources Area, School of Electrical Engineering, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, Hunan, China
  • 3Wuhan Fisilink Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430040, Hubei, China
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    Qiang Huang, Yi Zhang, Junqiang Sun, Changliang Yu, Jianfeng Gao, Peilin Jiang, Haotian Shi, Chukun Huang. Research Progress on Ge/SiGe Multiple Quantum Well Optical Modulators[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(19): 1900003 Copy Citation Text show less
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