Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 54, Issue 3, 0323001(2025)

Mode Selecting Switch Based on Cascaded MMI Couplers

Manzhuo WANG1, Zhentao YAO1, Chaoyang SUN1, Yue ZHANG1, Jimin FANG1, Xiaoqiang SUN1、*, Yuanda WU2,3, and Daming ZHANG1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics,College of Electronic Science & Engineering,Jilin University,Changchun 130012,China
  • 2College of Materials Science and Opto-electronic Technology,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices,Institute of Semiconductors,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100083,China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Device

    Received: Sep. 6, 2024

    Accepted: Nov. 1, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 22, 2025

    The Author Email: Xiaoqiang SUN (sunxq@jlu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20255403.0323001

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