Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Volume. 46, Issue 2, 269(2025)

Grating-Assisted Contra-Directional Coupler-Based Coarse-Wavelength-Division Multiplexer with Box-Like Spectral Responsivity

ZHONG Guoshun1,2, LI Hongyu3, HU Guohua3, and PENG Song2
Author Affiliations
  • 1The 11th Research Institute of CETC, Beijing 100015, CHN
  • 2Chongqing Optoelectronics Research Institute, Chongqing 400060, CHN
  • 3School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, CHN
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    ZHONG Guoshun, LI Hongyu, HU Guohua, PENG Song. Grating-Assisted Contra-Directional Coupler-Based Coarse-Wavelength-Division Multiplexer with Box-Like Spectral Responsivity[J]. Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2025, 46(2): 269

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    Received: Feb. 9, 2025

    Accepted: Sep. 18, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 18, 2025

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    DOI:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.20250209001

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