Optical Communication Technology, Volume. 48, Issue 4, 54(2024)

Design and fabrication of a 4x4 MMI coupler based on X-cut thin-film lithium niobate

DENG Ye... LI Jianping and ZHANG Zhenrong |Show fewer author(s)
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    Received: Jan. 29, 2024

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    Published Online: Oct. 11, 2024

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    DOI:10.13921/j.cnki.issn1002-5561.2024.04.010

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