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Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 15, 1513019(2024)

Research Progress on Integrated Optical Meta-Waveguide Based on Inverse Design (Invited)

Tao Wang^1,2, Qinghai Song^1,2, and Ke Xu^1,2、*

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¹School of Integrated Circuits, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong , China

²Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Materials and Intelligent Photonic Systems, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong , China

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Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Apr. 18, 2024

Accepted: May. 20, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 31, 2024

The Author Email: Xu Ke (kxu@hit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOS240865

CSTR:32393.14.AOS240865

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