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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 2, 426(2025)

Microwave-resonator-enabled broadband on-chip electro-optic frequency comb generation On the Cover , Spotlight on Optics

Zhaoxi Chen^1,3、†, Yiwen Zhang^1、†, Hanke Feng¹, Yuansong Zeng^1,2, Ke Zhang¹, and Cheng Wang^1,2、*

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¹Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

²State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

³e-mail: zxchen4@cityu.edu.hk

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Oct. 25, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 10, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 10, 2025

The Author Email: Cheng Wang (cwang257@cityu.edu.hk)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.546194

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

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