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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 17, 1739018(2025)

Perfect Vertical Grating Coupler for Multi-Core Fiber Communication (Invited)

Ye Tian1, Rui Jiang1, Jiaming Zhang1, Shilong Pan1, and Ang Li1,2、*
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  • 1National Key Laboratory of Microwave Photonics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, Jiangsu , China
  • 2Key Lab of Modern Optical Technologies of Education Ministry of China, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu , China
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    Category: AI for Optics

    Received: Apr. 7, 2025

    Accepted: May. 26, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 12, 2025

    The Author Email: Ang Li (ang.li@nuaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP250947

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP250947

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    laser devices and laser physics
    Lasers and Laser Optics
    Laser physics
    laser manufacturing
    Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology