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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 3, 737(2025)

High-efficiency tunable lasers hybrid-integrated with silicon photonics at 2.0 μm

Yuxuan Xie^1,2, Corey A. McDonald², Theodore J. Morin², Zhican Zhou¹, Jonathan Peters², John E. Bowers², and Yating Wan^1、*

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¹Integrated Photonics Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia

²Institute of Energy Efficiency, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA

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Paper Information

Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Dec. 1, 2024

Accepted: Jan. 9, 2025

Published Online: Mar. 3, 2025

The Author Email: Yating Wan (yating.wan@kaust.edu.sa)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.550770

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