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High power non-mechanical beam scanner based on VCSEL amplifier

Nakahama et al., 2016

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2316307644530754404
Author
Nakahama M
Gu X
Matsutani A
Sakaguchi T
Koyama F
Publication year
Publication venue
2016 21st OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) held jointly with 2016 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (PS)

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High power non-mechanical beam scanner based on VCSEL amplifier Page 1 OECC/PS2016 High Power Non-mechanical Beam Scanner based on VCSEL Amplifier Masanori Nakahama1, Xiaodong Gu1, Akihiro Matsutani2, Takahiro Sakaguchi1 and Fumio Koyama1 1 Photonics …
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