Broadband adiabatic polarization rotator-splitter based on a lithium niobate on insulator platform

Zhaoxi Chen; Jingwei Yang; Wing-Han Wong; Edwin Yue-Bun Pun; Cheng Wang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.432906

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