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Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 17, 1720001(2025)

Silicon-Based Photoelectronic Synergistic Integration for Post-Moore Era (Invited)

Yuxin Sun, Chun Gao, Shunhua Liu, Jin Xie, Zejie Yu, XieYiwei, Huan Li, and Daoxin Dai*
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    Yuxin Sun, Chun Gao, Shunhua Liu, Jin Xie, Zejie Yu, XieYiwei, Huan Li, Daoxin Dai. Silicon-Based Photoelectronic Synergistic Integration for Post-Moore Era (Invited)[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2025, 45(17): 1720001

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    Category: Optics in Computing

    Received: Jun. 11, 2025

    Accepted: Jun. 25, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 3, 2025

    The Author Email: Daoxin Dai (dxdai@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS251260

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS251260

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