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Fig. 1: Schematic of part of the resonant cavity after the KTP crystal and polarizer.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Dandan Wen, Jasper J. Cadusch & Kenneth B. Crozier

  2. International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

    Zhiqiang Fang

  3. School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Kenneth B. Crozier

  4. Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Kenneth B. Crozier

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D.W. initiated the idea. D.W., J.J.C. and K.B.C. prepared the manuscript. All authors (D.W., J.J.C., Z.F. and K.B.C) discussed and analysed the results.

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Wen, D., Cadusch, J.J., Fang, Z. et al. Reconsidering metasurface lasers. Nat. Photonics 15, 337–338 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-021-00806-x

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