240 Gb/s optical transmission based on an ultrafast silicon microring modulator

Yuguang Zhang; Hongguang Zhang; Junwen Zhang; Jia Liu; Lei Wang; Daigao Chen; Nan Chi; Xi Xiao; Shaohua Yu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.441791

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