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Superlattices and Microstructures

Refractive index enhancement without absorption in a quantum well system

Haifeng Xu, Ao-bo Fu, Lei Qin, Shaowei Jin

Published Mar 13, 2013• 11 citations
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10.1016/j.spmi.2013.03.001

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