Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 52, Issue 7, 0713001(2023)

Scalable Multimode Waveguide Bend Based on Tapered Couplers

Jian LIN1, Yuxiao LIU1, Qiang FU3, Jun LI1, Pengjun WANG2, and Weiwei CHEN1、*
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  • 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 315300,China
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    Jian LIN, Yuxiao LIU, Qiang FU, Jun LI, Pengjun WANG, Weiwei CHEN. Scalable Multimode Waveguide Bend Based on Tapered Couplers[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2023, 52(7): 0713001

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    Received: Jan. 4, 2023

    Accepted: Mar. 6, 2023

    Published Online: Sep. 26, 2023

    The Author Email: Weiwei CHEN (chenweiwei@nbu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20235207.0713001

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