Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 6, 060016(2021)
Wideband thin-film lithium niobate modulator with low half-wave-voltage length product Fast Track
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Xuecheng Liu, Bing Xiong, Changzheng Sun, Jian Wang, Zhibiao Hao, Lai Wang, Yanjun Han, Hongtao Li, Jiadong Yu, Yi Luo. Wideband thin-film lithium niobate modulator with low half-wave-voltage length product[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(6): 060016
Category: Special Issue on Lithium Niobate Based Photonic Devices
Received: May. 8, 2021
Accepted: May. 14, 2021
Posted: May. 14, 2021
Published Online: Jun. 28, 2021
The Author Email: Bing Xiong (bxiong@tsinghua.edu.cn)