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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 9, 1030(2019)

Silicon-based four-mode division multiplexing for chip-scale optical data transmission in the 2 μm waveband

Shuang Zheng1、†, Meng Huang1、†, Xiaoping Cao1, Lulu Wang1, Zhengsen Ruan1, Li Shen1,2、*, and Jian Wang1,3、*
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  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2e-mail: lishen@hust.edu.cn
  • 3e-mail: jwang@hust.edu.cn
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    Shuang Zheng, Meng Huang, Xiaoping Cao, Lulu Wang, Zhengsen Ruan, Li Shen, Jian Wang, "Silicon-based four-mode division multiplexing for chip-scale optical data transmission in the 2 μm waveband," Photonics Res. 7, 1030 (2019)

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    Category: Silicon Photonics

    Received: Mar. 22, 2019

    Accepted: Jul. 8, 2019

    Published Online: Aug. 12, 2019

    The Author Email: Li Shen (lishen@hust.edu.cn), Jian Wang (jwang@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001030

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