Experimental demonstration of a flexible-grid 1 &#215; (2 &#215; 3) mode- and wavelength-selective switch using silicon microring resonators and counter-tapered couplers

Dejun Kong; Hao Lu; Pengjun Wang; Qiang Fu; Shixun Dai; Weiwei Chen; Yuefeng Wang; Bohao Zhang; Lingxiao Ma; Jun Li; Tingge Dai; Jianyi Yang

doi:10.3788/COL202422.011301

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