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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 5, 1400(2025)

High-efficiency mode group demultiplexing based on diffractive optical network

Zhibing Liu1,4、*, Siqing Zeng1, Shuixian Yang1, Yuetong Shi1, Hongfei Chen1, Yaoming Feng1, Shecheng Gao2,5、*, Jiajing Tu2, Dawei Wang1,6、*, Zhaojian Chen3, and Zhaohui Li1,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • 2Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Information Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
  • 3Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, China
  • 4e-mail: liuzhb35@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • 5e-mail: gaosc825@jnu.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: wangdw9@mail.sysu.edu.cn
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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Dec. 20, 2024

    Accepted: Mar. 6, 2025

    Published Online: May. 8, 2025

    The Author Email: Zhibing Liu (liuzhb35@mail.sysu.edu.cn), Shecheng Gao (gaosc825@jnu.edu.cn), Dawei Wang (wangdw9@mail.sysu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.553359

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.553359

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