• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 10, 101302 (2021)
Xiaorui Li, Liangjun Lu*, Wei Gao, Xin Li, Jianping Chen, and Linjie Zhou
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Navigation and Location Services, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    Xiaorui Li, Liangjun Lu, Wei Gao, Xin Li, Jianping Chen, Linjie Zhou. Silicon non-blocking 4 × 4 optical switch with automated polarization adjustment[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(10): 101302 Copy Citation Text show less
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