High-speed and high-power germanium photodetector with a lateral silicon nitride waveguide

Xiao Hu; Dingyi Wu; Hongguang Zhang; Weizhong Li; Daigao Chen; Lei Wang; Xi Xiao; Shaohua Yu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.417601

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