• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 58, Issue 24, 2403001 (2021)
Tong Zhao1、2, Jing Gao1、2、*, Jiangtao Xu1、2, and Kaiming Nie1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Imaging and Sensing Microelectronic Technology, Tianjin 300072, China
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