Simultaneous Low Nonlinearity and High Power Confinement in Slot Waveguides

Shu-bo HU; Ya-meng XU; Jia-xuan LI; Mei KONG

doi:10.3788/gzxb20204902.0213002

Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 49, Issue 2, 0213002(2020)

Simultaneous Low Nonlinearity and High Power Confinement in Slot Waveguides

Shu-bo HU, Ya-meng XU^*, Jia-xuan LI, and Mei KONG

Department of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology, School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China

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Received: Sep. 20, 2019

Accepted: Dec. 13, 2019

Published Online: Mar. 19, 2020

The Author Email: XU Ya-meng (yamengxu@cust.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/gzxb20204902.0213002

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