Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 17, 1713001(2021)

Inverse Design and Demonstration of Vertical Couplers

Yiteng Chen, Jifang Qiu*, Zhenli Dong, Youxi Pan, Yuchen Chen, Hongxiang Guo, and Jian Wu
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  • School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, Beijing 100876, China
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    Yiteng Chen, Jifang Qiu, Zhenli Dong, Youxi Pan, Yuchen Chen, Hongxiang Guo, Jian Wu. Inverse Design and Demonstration of Vertical Couplers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(17): 1713001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Jan. 15, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 23, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 3, 2021

    The Author Email: Qiu Jifang (jifangqiu@bupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.1713001

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