Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 17, Issue 2, 12200(2024)

Design of an on-chip wavelength conversion device assisted by an erbium-ytterbium co-doped waveguide amplifier

Chen Zhou1,2, Xiwen He2, Mingyue Xiao2, Deyue Ma2, Weibiao Chen2, and Zhiping Zhou2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Aerospace Laser Technology and System Department,Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3Hangzhou Aijie Optoelectronic Technology Co. Ltd.,Hangzhou 311400, China
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    Chen Zhou, Xiwen He, Mingyue Xiao, Deyue Ma, Weibiao Chen, Zhiping Zhou. Design of an on-chip wavelength conversion device assisted by an erbium-ytterbium co-doped waveguide amplifier[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2024, 17(2): 12200

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    Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

    Received: Mar. 6, 2024

    Accepted: May. 16, 2024

    Published Online: Aug. 21, 2024

    The Author Email: Zhiping Zhou (zjzhou@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-024-00118-2

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