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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 15, 1500002(2025)

Three-Dimensional Photonic Integrated Chips: Quantum Computation and Non-Classical Physics (Invited)

Ruiqi Wang1,2, Yuliang Tang1,2, and Yan Li1,2,3、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 3Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, Anhui , China
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    Category: Reviews

    Received: Apr. 14, 2025

    Accepted: May. 28, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 6, 2025

    The Author Email: Yan Li (li@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP250995

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP250995

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