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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 7, 071301(2025)

Segmented electric field poling of Si₃N₄-polymer hybrid electro-optic waveguides On the Cover

Yingzhou Yu¹, Hengqi Liu¹, Kaixin Chen¹, and Jieyun Wu^1,2、*

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¹School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China

²Tianfu Jiangxi Lab, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Jan. 23, 2025

Accepted: Feb. 27, 2025

Published Online: Jun. 13, 2025

The Author Email: Jieyun Wu (jieyunwu@uestc.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.071301

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.071301

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