Directional Coupler-Based Polarization-Independent Demultiplexer Filled with SiNx

Jingli Wang; Haiguang Liu; Yueteng Zhang; Yuchen Song; Hanxiao Shen; Heming Chen

doi:10.3788/AOS202242.1923002

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