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Photonics Research
Vol. 6, Issue 6, 525 (2018)

Loss-induced control of light propagation direction in passive linear coupled optical cavities

Carlo Edoardo Campanella^1、2、*, Martino De Carlo¹, Antonello Cuccovillo², and Vittorio M. N. Passaro¹

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¹Photonics Research Group, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell’Informazione, Politecnico di Bari, Via E. Orabona n. 4, 70125 Bari, Italy

²QOpSyS SRL, Via Matteotti n. 23, 70023 Gioia del Colle, Bari, Italy

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