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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 8, 1794(2024)

High-order Autler–Townes splitting in electrically tunable photonic molecules

Yihao Chen¹, Juntao Duan¹, Jin Li¹, Yan Chen², Jiewen Li¹, Jianan Duan^1,3,4, Xiaochuan Xu^1,3,5, and Jiawei Wang^1,3、*

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¹School of Integrated Circuit, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China

²College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

³National Key Laboratory of Laser Spatial Information, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China

⁴e-mail: duanjianan@hit.edu.cn

⁵e-mail: xuxiaochuan@hit.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Apr. 4, 2024

Accepted: Jun. 17, 2024

Published Online: Aug. 2, 2024

The Author Email: Jiawei Wang (wangjw7@hit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.525601

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