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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 12, 1958(2020)

Bias-drift-free Mach–Zehnder modulators based on a heterogeneous silicon and lithium niobate platform Editors' Pick

Shihao Sun1, Mingbo He1, Mengyue Xu1, Shengqian Gao1, Ziyan Chen1, Xian Zhang2, Ziliang Ruan2, Xiong Wu3, Lidan Zhou1, Lin Liu1, Chao Lu3, Changjian Guo2, Liu Liu4, Siyuan Yu1, and Xinlun Cai1、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510000, China
  • 2Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Higher-Education Mega-Center, Guangzhou, China
  • 3Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Photonics Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Sensing Technologies, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Jul. 20, 2020

    Accepted: Oct. 22, 2020

    Published Online: Dec. 1, 2020

    The Author Email: Xinlun Cai (Caixlun5@mail.sysu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.403167

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