An Integrated-Plasmonic Chip of Bragg Reflection and Mach-Zehnder Interference Based on Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide

Liang ZENG; Jiaqi LI; Chengyi CAO; Xudong LI; Xinyuan ZENG; Quanhao YU; Kunhua WEN; Jun YANG; Yuwen QIN

doi:10.1007/s13320-022-0650-0

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