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Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 2, 57(2017)

General coupled-mode analysis of a geometrically symmetric waveguide array with nonuniform gain and loss

Zhen-Zhen Liu1, Qiang Zhang1, Yuntian Chen2,3, and Jun-Jun Xiao1、*
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  • 1College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 2School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 3Wuhan National Laboratory of Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Array Waveguide Devices

    Received: Sep. 15, 2016

    Accepted: Dec. 26, 2016

    Published Online: Oct. 10, 2018

    The Author Email: Jun-Jun Xiao (eiexiao@hitsz.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000057

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