Chalcogenide glass photonic integration for improved 2 μm optical interconnection

Weihong Shen; Pingyang Zeng; Zelin Yang; Di Xia; Jiangbing Du; Bin Zhang; Ke Xu; Zuyuan He; Zhaohui Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.398957

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