Ultracompact silicon on-chip polarization controller

Weike Zhao; Yingying Peng; Mingyu Zhu; Ruoran Liu; Xiaolong Hu; Yaocheng Shi; Daoxin Dai

doi:10.1364/PRJ.499801

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 2, 183(2024)

Ultracompact silicon on-chip polarization controller On the Cover

Weike Zhao^1、†, Yingying Peng^1、†, Mingyu Zhu¹, Ruoran Liu¹, Xiaolong Hu^2,3, Yaocheng Shi¹, and Daoxin Dai^1,4、*

¹State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

²School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

³Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300072, China

⁴Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China

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Paper Information

Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Jul. 7, 2023

Accepted: Nov. 13, 2023

Published Online: Jan. 4, 2024

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

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.499801

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.499801

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