Directional emission in X-cut lithium niobate microresonators without chaos dynamics

Ang Gao; Chen Yang; Likun Chen; Ru Zhang; Qiang Luo; Wei Wang; Qitao Cao; Zhenzhong Hao; Fang Bo; Guoquan Zhang; Jingjun Xu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.447488

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