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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 11, 1116010(2024)

High-Efficiency, Large Bandwidth Grating Coupler Based on Lithium Niobate Thin Film (Invited)

Yi Ni^1、*, Yu Lin^1,2, Yin Xu^1,2, and Yedeng Fei^1,2

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¹School of Internet of Things Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China

²Institute of Advanced Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China

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Yi Ni, Yu Lin, Yin Xu, Yedeng Fei. High-Efficiency, Large Bandwidth Grating Coupler Based on Lithium Niobate Thin Film (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(11): 1116010

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Paper Information

Category: Materials

Received: Dec. 5, 2023

Accepted: Jan. 11, 2024

Published Online: Jun. 6, 2024

The Author Email: Yi Ni (niy2011@163.com)

DOI:10.3788/LOP232624

CSTR:32186.14.LOP232624

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laser devices and laser physics

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