Phase calibration for integrated optical phased arrays using artificial neural network with resolved phase ambiguity

Lemeng Leng; Zhaobang Zeng; Guihan Wu; Zhongzhi Lin; Xiang Ji; Zhiyuan Shi; Wei Jiang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.435766

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