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Photonics Research
Vol. 4, Issue 6, 209 (2016)

Design of a barcode-like waveguide nanostructurefor efficient chip–fiber coupling

Xiang Wen, Ke Xu^*, and Qinghai Song

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Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Graduate School, The University Town of Shenzhen, Xili, Shenzhen, China

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