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Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
Vol. 43, Issue 4, 497 (2024)

Optical facet coatings for high-performance LWIR quantum cascade lasers at λ ∼ 8.5 µm

Yuan MA^1,2, Yu-Zhe LIN^1,*, Chen-Yang WAN^1,2, Zi-Xian WANG^1,2..., Xu-Yan ZHOU^1,3, Jin-Chuan ZHANG¹, Feng-Qi LIU¹ and Wan-Hua ZHENG^1,2,**|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Laboratory of Solid-State Optoelectronics Information Technology，Institute of Semiconductors，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100083，China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering，University of Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100049，China

³Weifang Academy of Advanced Opto-Electronic Circuits，Weifang 261021，China

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Yuan MA, Yu-Zhe LIN, Chen-Yang WAN, Zi-Xian WANG, Xu-Yan ZHOU, Jin-Chuan ZHANG, Feng-Qi LIU, Wan-Hua ZHENG. Optical facet coatings for high-performance LWIR quantum cascade lasers at λ ∼ 8.5 µm[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2024, 43(4): 497 Copy Citation Text

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Yuan MA, Yu-Zhe LIN, Chen-Yang WAN, Zi-Xian WANG, Xu-Yan ZHOU, Jin-Chuan ZHANG, Feng-Qi LIU, Wan-Hua ZHENG. Optical facet coatings for high-performance LWIR quantum cascade lasers at λ ∼ 8.5 µm[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2024, 43(4): 497

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