Heterogeneously Integrated Thin-film Lithium Niobate Electro-optic Modulator Based on Slot Structure |
Li, Xiaowei
(Department of Electronic Engineering, School of IoT Engineering, Jiangnan University)
Xu, Yin (Department of Electronic Engineering, School of IoT Engineering, Jiangnan University) Huang, Dongmei (Photonics Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Li, Feng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute) Zhang, Bo (Department of Electronic Engineering, School of IoT Engineering, Jiangnan University) Dong, Yue (Department of Electronic Engineering, School of IoT Engineering, Jiangnan University) Ni, Yi (Department of Electronic Engineering, School of IoT Engineering, Jiangnan University) |
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