Ultra-sharp silicon multimode waveguide bends based on double free-form curves

Shangsen Sun; Zhiqiang Yang; Juanli Wang; Runsen Zhang; Fengchun Zhang; Ning Zhu; Lei Wan; Zhaohui Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.445529

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