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Photonics Research
Vol. 8, Issue 12, 1843 (2020)

Compact and broadband multimode waveguide bend by shape-optimizing with transformation optics | Spotlight on Optics

Shuyi Li^1、†, Lifeng Cai^1、†, Dingshan Gao^1、*, Jianji Dong¹, Jin Hou², Chunyong Yang², Shaoping Chen², and Xinliang Zhang¹

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¹Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Wireless Communications, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China

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Shuyi Li, Lifeng Cai, Dingshan Gao, Jianji Dong, Jin Hou, Chunyong Yang, Shaoping Chen, Xinliang Zhang. Compact and broadband multimode waveguide bend by shape-optimizing with transformation optics[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(12): 1843 Copy Citation Text

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Shuyi Li, Lifeng Cai, Dingshan Gao, Jianji Dong, Jin Hou, Chunyong Yang, Shaoping Chen, Xinliang Zhang. Compact and broadband multimode waveguide bend by shape-optimizing with transformation optics[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(12): 1843

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