Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Volume. 44, Issue 1, 25(2023)

Cascaded Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (De)multiplexers Based on Novel Scandium-doped Aluminum Nitride

CHEN Xinyi1... HU Chao1, ZHENG Shaonan1,*, ZHAO Xingyan1, ZHONG Qize1, DONG Yuan1, HU Ting1, JIA Lianxi1,2,3, and GU Yuandong12 |Show fewer author(s)
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    CHEN Xinyi, HU Chao, ZHENG Shaonan, ZHAO Xingyan, ZHONG Qize, DONG Yuan, HU Ting, JIA Lianxi, GU Yuandong. Cascaded Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (De)multiplexers Based on Novel Scandium-doped Aluminum Nitride[J]. Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2023, 44(1): 25

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    Received: Oct. 27, 2022

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    Published Online: Apr. 7, 2023

    The Author Email: Shaonan ZHENG (snzheng@shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.2022102702

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