Design and optimization of high-speed silicon-based electro-optical modulator in mid-infrared band (Invited)

Yufei Liu; Xinyu Li; Shuxiao Wang; Wencheng Yue; Yan Cai; Mingbin Yu

doi:10.3788/IRLA20220092

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