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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 2, 109(2018)

Silicon intensity Mach–Zehnder modulator for single lane 100  Gb/s applications

Miaofeng Li1,2,3, Lei Wang2,3, Xiang Li2,3, Xi Xiao2,3、*, and Shaohua Yu1,2,3
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  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Technologies and Networks, Wuhan Research Institute of Posts & Telecommunications, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
  • 3National Information Optoelectronics Innovation Center, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
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    Category: Silicon Photonics

    Received: Oct. 27, 2017

    Accepted: Dec. 10, 2017

    Published Online: Jul. 10, 2018

    The Author Email: Xi Xiao (xxiao@wri.com.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000109

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