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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 7, Issue 1, 016006(2025)

Large-scale free-space photonic circuits in two dimensions

Maria Gorizia Ammendola1,2、†, Francesco Di Colandrea1,3、*, Lorenzo Marrucci1,4, and Filippo Cardano1、*
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  • 1Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini”, Napoli, Italy
  • 2Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Napoli, Italy
  • 3University of Ottawa, Nexus for Quantum Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 4Institute of Applied Science and Intelligent Systems, CNR-ISASI, Pozzuoli, Italy
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    Maria Gorizia Ammendola, Francesco Di Colandrea, Lorenzo Marrucci, Filippo Cardano, "Large-scale free-space photonic circuits in two dimensions," Adv. Photon. 7, 016006 (2025)

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 8, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 6, 2025

    Posted: Jan. 7, 2025

    Published Online: Feb. 12, 2025

    The Author Email: Di Colandrea Francesco (francesco.dicolandrea@unina.it), Cardano Filippo (filippo.cardano2@unina.it)

    DOI:10.1117/1.AP.7.1.016006

    CSTR:32187.14.1.AP.7.1.016006

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