• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 41, Issue 7, 0713001 (2021)
Jingli Wang1、*, Liguo Huangfu1, and Heming Chen2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China;
  • 2Bell Honors School, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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    Jingli Wang, Liguo Huangfu, Heming Chen. Design of Polarization-Insensitive Multimode Interference 1×3 Optical Power Splitter[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(7): 0713001
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