Mid-infrared chalcogenide microfiber knot resonators

Yu Xie; Dawei Cai; Hao Wu; Jing Pan; Ning Zhou; Chenguang Xin; Shaoliang Yu; Pan Wang; Xiaoshun Jiang; Jianrong Qiu; Xin Guo; Limin Tong

doi:10.1364/PRJ.386395

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