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Vol. 12, Issue 3, 505 (2024)

Wafer-level substrate-free YIG single crystal film for a broadband tunable terahertz isolator | Editors' Pick

Xilai Zhang^1、†, Dan Zhao^2、†, Ding Zhang¹, Qiang Xue^1、3, Fei Fan^2、4, Yulong Liao¹, Qinghui Yang¹, and Qiye Wen^1、3、*

Author Affiliations

¹School of Electronic Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China

²Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China

³Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518110, China

⁴e-mail: fanfei_gdz@126.com

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Xilai Zhang, Dan Zhao, Ding Zhang, Qiang Xue, Fei Fan, Yulong Liao, Qinghui Yang, Qiye Wen. Wafer-level substrate-free YIG single crystal film for a broadband tunable terahertz isolator[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(3): 505 Copy Citation Text

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Xilai Zhang, Dan Zhao, Ding Zhang, Qiang Xue, Fei Fan, Yulong Liao, Qinghui Yang, Qiye Wen. Wafer-level substrate-free YIG single crystal film for a broadband tunable terahertz isolator[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(3): 505

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