Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 10, 577(2024)

Broadband and polarization-independent arbitrary ratio integrated optical power splitter built on thick silicon nitride platform

Langteng ZHENG, Yiqiang CHEN, Zhengqun XUE, Jiwei HUANG, Minmin ZHU, and Linghua WANG*
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  • College of Physics and Information Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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    ZHENG Langteng, CHEN Yiqiang, XUE Zhengqun, HUANG Jiwei, ZHU Minmin, WANG Linghua. Broadband and polarization-independent arbitrary ratio integrated optical power splitter built on thick silicon nitride platform[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2024, 20(10): 577

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    Category: This work has been supported by the Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology (No.2022I0006), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (No.2020J01467), and the National Natural S

    Received: Nov. 21, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 8, 2024

    Published Online: Sep. 20, 2024

    The Author Email: Linghua WANG (linghua.wang@fzu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-024-3258-3

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