Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 5, 0513001(2022)
Numerical Study on Dispersion Turning Effect Based on Mach-Zehnder Interferometers and Its Sensing Performance
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Tianye Huang, Rongrong Lei, Zhuo Cheng, Xiangli Zhang, Yong Wang, Dapeng Luo, Guizhen Xu, Gangshun Zhang, Yiheng Wu, Jianxing Pan. Numerical Study on Dispersion Turning Effect Based on Mach-Zehnder Interferometers and Its Sensing Performance[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(5): 0513001
Category: Integrated Optics
Received: Jun. 9, 2021
Accepted: Sep. 10, 2021
Published Online: Mar. 8, 2022
The Author Email: Huang Tianye (tianye_huang@163.com)