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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 8, 081302(2025)

MZI-assisted-MRR filter with a tunable bandwidth and dip wavelength on the LNOI platform Editors' Pick

Wanzhen Wu¹, Yuzhe Sun¹, Hao Zhang¹, Zhefeng Hu¹, Jixin Chen², and Kaixin Chen^1、*

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¹School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China

²Institute for Cyber Security, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China

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Wanzhen Wu, Yuzhe Sun, Hao Zhang, Zhefeng Hu, Jixin Chen, Kaixin Chen, "MZI-assisted-MRR filter with a tunable bandwidth and dip wavelength on the LNOI platform," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 081302 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Mar. 2, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 17, 2025

Published Online: Aug. 7, 2025

The Author Email: Kaixin Chen (chenkx@uestc.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.081302

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.081302

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