Efficient silicon integrated four-mode edge coupler for few-mode fiber coupling

Junbo Zhu; Haiyang Huang; Yingxuan Zhao; Yang Li; Zhen Sheng; Fuwan Gan

doi:10.3788/COL202220.011302

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