Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 14, 1405003(2022)

Ultra-Broadband Tunable Filter Based on Cascaded Chirped Subwavelength Grating Assisted Contra-Directional Coupler

Shasha Liao1,2、*, Hang Bao1, Yuting Feng1, Cong Huang1, Wuhao Zhang1, Shuai Zhao1, and Zhenwei Liu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Communication and Information Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    Shasha Liao, Hang Bao, Yuting Feng, Cong Huang, Wuhao Zhang, Shuai Zhao, Zhenwei Liu. Ultra-Broadband Tunable Filter Based on Cascaded Chirped Subwavelength Grating Assisted Contra-Directional Coupler[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(14): 1405003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Diffraction and Gratings

    Received: Jan. 10, 2022

    Accepted: Jan. 27, 2022

    Published Online: Jul. 15, 2022

    The Author Email: Liao Shasha (liaoss@cqupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.1405003

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