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Advanced Photonics Nexus
Vol. 2, Issue 3, 036002 (2023)

Low-insertion-loss femtosecond laser-inscribed three-dimensional high-density mux/demux devices

Yize Liang^{1、2、3、†}, Chengkun Cai^1、2、3, Kangrui Wang^1、2、3, Xiaokang Lian^1、2、3, Jue Wang^1、2、3, Jinfeng Liu^1、2、3, Lei Shen⁴, and Jian Wang^{1、2、3、*}

Author Affiliations

¹Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan, China

²Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan, China

³Shenzhen Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

⁴Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC), State Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology, Wuhan, China

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Yize Liang, Chengkun Cai, Kangrui Wang, Xiaokang Lian, Jue Wang, Jinfeng Liu, Lei Shen, Jian Wang. Low-insertion-loss femtosecond laser-inscribed three-dimensional high-density mux/demux devices[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2023, 2(3): 036002 Copy Citation Text

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Yize Liang, Chengkun Cai, Kangrui Wang, Xiaokang Lian, Jue Wang, Jinfeng Liu, Lei Shen, Jian Wang. Low-insertion-loss femtosecond laser-inscribed three-dimensional high-density mux/demux devices[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2023, 2(3): 036002

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