Ultra-compact and broadband polarization-insensitive mode-order converting power splitter

Haoqi Chen; Runkui Yao; Pengjun Wang; Qiang Fu; Weiwei Chen; Shixun Dai; Dejun Kong; Jian Lin; Tao Jin; Jun Li; Tingge Dai; Jianyi Yang

doi:10.3788/COL202422.031301

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 3, 031301(2024)

Ultra-compact and broadband polarization-insensitive mode-order converting power splitter

Haoqi Chen¹, Runkui Yao¹, Pengjun Wang^2、*, Qiang Fu³, Weiwei Chen^1、**, Shixun Dai^1,4, Dejun Kong¹, Jian Lin¹, Tao Jin¹, Jun Li¹, Tingge Dai⁵, and Jianyi Yang⁵

Author Affiliations

¹Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China

²College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China

³College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China

⁴Laboratory of Infrared Materials and Devices, The Research Institute of Advanced Technologies, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China

⁵Department of Information Science and Electronics Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

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Haoqi Chen, Runkui Yao, Pengjun Wang, Qiang Fu, Weiwei Chen, Shixun Dai, Dejun Kong, Jian Lin, Tao Jin, Jun Li, Tingge Dai, Jianyi Yang. Ultra-compact and broadband polarization-insensitive mode-order converting power splitter[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(3): 031301

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Aug. 24, 2023

Accepted: Oct. 19, 2023

Published Online: Mar. 20, 2024

The Author Email: Pengjun Wang (wangpengjun@wzu.edu.cn), Weiwei Chen (chenweiwei@nbu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.031301

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