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Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
Vol. 40, Issue 4, 508 (2021)

Dispersion engineered ZnSe rib waveguide for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation

Yi-Ming FANG^1、2, Zhen YANG^1、2, Pei-Peng XU^1、2, Kun-Lun YAN^1、2, Yan SHENG^1、2, and Rong-Ping WANG^{1、2、3、*}

Author Affiliations

¹Laboratory of Infrared Materials and Devices， Ningbo University， Ningbo 315211， China

²Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Detection Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province， Ningbo 315211， China

³Laboratory of Silicate Materials Science and Engineering， Wuhan University of Technology， Wuhan 430070， China

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DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.04.010 Cite this Article

Yi-Ming FANG, Zhen YANG, Pei-Peng XU, Kun-Lun YAN, Yan SHENG, Rong-Ping WANG. Dispersion engineered ZnSe rib waveguide for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2021, 40(4): 508 Copy Citation Text

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Yi-Ming FANG, Zhen YANG, Pei-Peng XU, Kun-Lun YAN, Yan SHENG, Rong-Ping WANG. Dispersion engineered ZnSe rib waveguide for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2021, 40(4): 508

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