Self-assembled quantum-dot superluminescent light-emitting diodes

Advances in Optics and Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-228

  Zhang, Z Y ^a,b   Hogg, R A ^a   Lv, X Q ^b   Wang, Z G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

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EID: 77950219855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AOP.2.000201     Document Type: Article

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