Multimode, Aperiodic Terahertz Surface-Emitting Laser Resonators
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Simone Biasco 1, Lianhe Li 2, Edmund H. Linfield 2, A. Giles Davies 2 and Miriam S. Vitiello 1,* 1 NEST, CNR—Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy; [email protected] 2 School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; [email protected] (L.L.); [email protected] (E.H.L.); [email protected] (A.G.D.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +39-050-509-791
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