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Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 40, Issue 4, 508(2021)

Dispersion engineered ZnSe rib waveguide for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation

Yi-Ming FANG^1,2, Zhen YANG^1,2, Pei-Peng XU^1,2, Kun-Lun YAN^1,2, Yan SHENG^1,2, and Rong-Ping WANG^1,2,3、*

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¹Laboratory of Infrared Materials and Devices， Ningbo University， Ningbo 315211， China

²Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Detection Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province， Ningbo 315211， China

³Laboratory of Silicate Materials Science and Engineering， Wuhan University of Technology， Wuhan 430070， China

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Yi-Ming FANG, Zhen YANG, Pei-Peng XU, Kun-Lun YAN, Yan SHENG, Rong-Ping WANG. Dispersion engineered ZnSe rib waveguide for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2021, 40(4): 508

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Dec. 15, 2020

Accepted: --

Published Online: Sep. 9, 2021

The Author Email: Rong-Ping WANG (wangrongping@nbu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.04.010

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