Toward calibration-free Mach–Zehnder switches for next-generation silicon photonics

Lijia Song; Tangnan Chen; Weixi Liu; Hongxuan Liu; Yingying Peng; Zejie Yu; Huan Li; Yaocheng Shi; Daoxin Dai

doi:10.1364/PRJ.447478

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