Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 4, 041301(2022)
Silicon photonics integrated dynamic polarization controller
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Xuyang Wang, Yanxiang Jia, Xubo Guo, Jianqiang Liu, Shaofeng Wang, Wenyuan Liu, Fangyuan Sun, Jun Zou, Yongmin Li. Silicon photonics integrated dynamic polarization controller[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(4): 041301
Category: Integrated Optics
Received: Sep. 26, 2021
Accepted: Jan. 21, 2022
Posted: Jan. 24, 2022
Published Online: Feb. 17, 2022
The Author Email: Xuyang Wang (wangxuyang@sxu.edu.cn), Yongmin Li (yongmin@sxu.edu.cn)