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SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis, Volume 46 , Issue 8 : 1035-1052(2016) https://doi.org/10.1360/N112016-00070

Efficient signal emitters and detectors

Yan HUANG 1, Lin WANG 1, Weida HU 1, Jianzhen PAN 1, Jiaming HAO 1, Gangyi XU 1, Jianxin CHEN 1, Xiaowei SUN 2, Gang WANG 3, Xiaoshuang CHEN 1,*, Wei LU 1,*
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  • ReceivedMar 29, 2016
  • AcceptedMay 26, 2016
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