High-speed silicon photonic Mach–Zehnder modulator at 2 μm

Xi Wang; Weihong Shen; Wenxiang Li; Yingjie Liu; Yong Yao; Jiangbing Du; Qinghai Song; Ke Xu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.417107

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