• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 22, Issue 11, 112201 (2024)
Xin Jin1,2, Jinbin Xu1,2, Yaqian Li1,2, Cuiwei Xue2,3..., Rujun Liao2,4, Liucheng Fu2, Min Liu2, Yunliang Shen2, Xueling Quan2 and Xiulan Cheng2,*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2Center for Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 4Department of Micro/Nano Electronics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    Xin Jin, Jinbin Xu, Yaqian Li, Cuiwei Xue, Rujun Liao, Liucheng Fu, Min Liu, Yunliang Shen, Xueling Quan, Xiulan Cheng, "Fabrication-constrained inverse design and demonstration of high-performance grating couplers," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 112201 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xin Jin, Jinbin Xu, Yaqian Li, Cuiwei Xue, Rujun Liao, Liucheng Fu, Min Liu, Yunliang Shen, Xueling Quan, Xiulan Cheng, "Fabrication-constrained inverse design and demonstration of high-performance grating couplers," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 112201 (2024)
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