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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 1, 163(2025)

On-chip topological transport of integrated optical frequency combs Editors' Pick

Zhen Jiang1,2、†, Hongwei Wang1、†, Peng Xie3, Yuechen Yang1,2, Yang Shen1,2, Bo Ji1,2, Yanghe Chen1,2, Yong Zhang1, Lu Sun1, Zheng Wang1, Chun Jiang1,5、*, Yikai Su1,6、*, and Guangqiang He1,2,4,7、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2SJTU Pinghu Institute of Intelligent Optoelectronics, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 5e-mail: cjiang@sjtu.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: yikaisu@sjtu.edu.cn
  • 7e-mail: gqhe@sjtu.edu.cn
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    Zhen Jiang, Hongwei Wang, Peng Xie, Yuechen Yang, Yang Shen, Bo Ji, Yanghe Chen, Yong Zhang, Lu Sun, Zheng Wang, Chun Jiang, Yikai Su, Guangqiang He, "On-chip topological transport of integrated optical frequency combs," Photonics Res. 13, 163 (2025)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Quantum Optics

    Received: Aug. 16, 2024

    Accepted: Oct. 28, 2024

    Published Online: Dec. 26, 2024

    The Author Email: Chun Jiang (cjiang@sjtu.edu.cn), Yikai Su (yikaisu@sjtu.edu.cn), Guangqiang He (gqhe@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.538355

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.538355

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