• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 7, A1 (2020)
Yang Zhao1、2, Fei Ma1、2, Feng Gao1、2, Zhigang Yin1、2, Xingwang Zhang1、2, and Jingbi You1、2、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2College of Materials Science and Opto-electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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