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Trailblazing lasing

Nature Photonics spoke to Chihaya Adachi from the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), Kyushu University, about the potential merits of, and hurdles facing, the development of organic semiconductor lasers.

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Pile, D.F.P. Trailblazing lasing. Nat. Photon. 15, 637 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-021-00864-1

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