Design of a Reconfigurable Optical Filter Based on Triple-ring-assisted Mach-Zenhnder Interferometer with Large Bandwidth Tuning Capability

Jia JIANG; Minming GENG; Qiang LIU; Zhenrong ZHANG

doi:10.3788/gzxb20215007.0713002

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