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Photonics Research
Vol. 6, Issue 7, 660 (2018)

Ultracompact dual-mode waveguide crossing based on subwavelength multimode-interference couplers

Weijie Chang^1、2, Luluzi Lu^1、2, Xinshu Ren^1、2, Dongyu Li^1、2, Zepeng Pan^1、2, Mengfan Cheng^1、2, Deming Liu^1、2, and Minming Zhang^1、2、*

Author Affiliations

¹School of Optical and Electrical Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Weijie Chang, Luluzi Lu, Xinshu Ren, Dongyu Li, Zepeng Pan, Mengfan Cheng, Deming Liu, Minming Zhang. Ultracompact dual-mode waveguide crossing based on subwavelength multimode-interference couplers[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(7): 660 Copy Citation Text

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Weijie Chang, Luluzi Lu, Xinshu Ren, Dongyu Li, Zepeng Pan, Mengfan Cheng, Deming Liu, Minming Zhang. Ultracompact dual-mode waveguide crossing based on subwavelength multimode-interference couplers[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(7): 660

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