On-chip ultrafast pulse generation based on graphene-silicon hybrid waveguides

Meng Deng; Zichun Liao; Yankai Chen; Ningning Yang; Xu Yan; Chi Zhang; Nengli Dai; Yi Wang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.428050

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