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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 39, Issue 6, 725(2024)

Design of polarization converter based on liquid crystal-clad slab waveguide

Yunhui YU^1,2,3, Zekun BI^1,2,3, Zhihui DIAO^1,2、*, Zenghui PENG^1,2, Yonggang LIU^1,2, Qidong WANG^1,2, and Quanquan MU^1,2、**

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¹State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics，Changchun Institute of Optics，Fine Mechanics and Physics，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Changchun 130033，China

²Key Laboratory of Optical System Advanced Manufacturing Technology，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Changchun 130033，China

³University of Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 101408，China

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Yunhui YU, Zekun BI, Zhihui DIAO, Zenghui PENG, Yonggang LIU, Qidong WANG, Quanquan MU. Design of polarization converter based on liquid crystal-clad slab waveguide[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2024, 39(6): 725

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Apr. 3, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jul. 30, 2024

The Author Email: Zhihui DIAO (diaozh@ciomp.ac.cn), Quanquan MU (muquanquan@ciomp.ac.cn)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2024-0107

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