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Tuning triumph

Nature Photonics volume 2, pages 134–135 (2008)Cite this article

Thin-membrane mirrors based on subwavelength gratings are transforming the performance of tunable VCSELs.

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Figure 1: Comparison of structures (top) and reflectivity spectra (bottom) for tunable mirrors in laser diodes.

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