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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 7, Issue 1, 016002(2025)

Waveguide superlattices with artificial gauge field toward colorless and low-crosstalk ultrahigh-density photonic integration

Xuelin Zhang¹, Jiangbing Du^1、*, Ke Xu², and Zuyuan He¹

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¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai, China

²Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shenzhen, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Jul. 30, 2024

Accepted: Jan. 2, 2025

Published Online: Feb. 10, 2025

The Author Email: Du Jiangbing (dujiangbing@sjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.7.1.016002

CSTR:32187.14.1.AP.7.1.016002

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