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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 7, 660(2018)

Ultracompact dual-mode waveguide crossing based on subwavelength multimode-interference couplers

Weijie Chang^1,2, Luluzi Lu^1,2, Xinshu Ren^1,2, Dongyu Li^1,2, Zepeng Pan^1,2, Mengfan Cheng^1,2, Deming Liu^1,2, and Minming Zhang^1,2、*

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¹School of Optical and Electrical Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Weijie Chang, Luluzi Lu, Xinshu Ren, Dongyu Li, Zepeng Pan, Mengfan Cheng, Deming Liu, Minming Zhang. Ultracompact dual-mode waveguide crossing based on subwavelength multimode-interference couplers[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(7): 660

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Paper Information

Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Feb. 8, 2018

Accepted: Apr. 27, 2018

Published Online: Jul. 4, 2018

The Author Email: Minming Zhang (mmz@hust.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000660

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