Surface acoustic wave photonic filters with a single narrow radio-frequency passband in standard silicon on insulator

Moshe Katzman; Maayan Priel; Inbar Shafir; Saawan Kumar Bag; Dvir Munk; Naor Inbar; Moshe Feldberg; Tali Sharabani; Leroy Dokhanian; Matan Slook; Avi Zadok

doi:10.1364/PRJ.457340

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