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Vol. 13, Issue 6, 1674 (2025)

Efficient on-chip waveguide amplifiers in GeSbS-loaded etchless erbium-doped lithium niobate thin film

Chunxu Wang^1,2, Jingcui Song^1,5,*, Zhaohuan Ao¹, Yingyu Chen¹..., Yongguang Xiao¹, Yifan Zhang^1,6,*, Qingming Chen^3,4,7,*, Xingwen Yi¹, Xueyang Li² and Zhaohui Li^1,4|Show fewer author(s)

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¹School of Electronics and Information Technology and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China

²Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen 518000, China

³School of Microelectronics Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China

⁴Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, China

⁵e-mail: songjc3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: zhangyf376@mail.sysu.edu.cn

⁷e-mail: chenqm28@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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Chunxu Wang, Jingcui Song, Zhaohuan Ao, Yingyu Chen, Yongguang Xiao, Yifan Zhang, Qingming Chen, Xingwen Yi, Xueyang Li, Zhaohui Li, "Efficient on-chip waveguide amplifiers in GeSbS-loaded etchless erbium-doped lithium niobate thin film," Photonics Res. 13, 1674 (2025) Copy Citation Text

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Chunxu Wang, Jingcui Song, Zhaohuan Ao, Yingyu Chen, Yongguang Xiao, Yifan Zhang, Qingming Chen, Xingwen Yi, Xueyang Li, Zhaohui Li, "Efficient on-chip waveguide amplifiers in GeSbS-loaded etchless erbium-doped lithium niobate thin film," Photonics Res. 13, 1674 (2025)

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