Silicon photonics integrated dynamic polarization controller

Xuyang Wang; Yanxiang Jia; Xubo Guo; Jianqiang Liu; Shaofeng Wang; Wenyuan Liu; Fangyuan Sun; Jun Zou; Yongmin Li

doi:10.3788/COL202220.041301

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