Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 9, 513(2025)

Ultra-compact wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer based on subwavelength grating-assisted multimode interference coupler by inverse design

Jin WEN, Yu PAN, Zhengwei WU, and Ying ZHANG
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WEN Jin, PAN Yu, WU Zhengwei, ZHANG Ying. Ultra-compact wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer based on subwavelength grating-assisted multimode interference coupler by inverse design[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2025, 21(9): 513

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Category: Devices

Received: May. 8, 2024

Accepted: Sep. 15, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

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DOI:10.1007/s11801-025-4115-8

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