Integrated bound-state-in-the-continuum photon-pair source

Fan Ye; Yue Qin; Chenfei Cui; Xiankai Sun; Hon Ki Tsang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.521058

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 6, 1322(2024)

Integrated bound-state-in-the-continuum photon-pair source

Fan Ye, Yue Qin, Chenfei Cui, Xiankai Sun, and Hon Ki Tsang^*

Author Affiliations

Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Feb. 7, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 14, 2024

Published Online: May. 30, 2024

The Author Email: Hon Ki Tsang (hktsang@ee.cuhk.edu.hk)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.521058

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