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Photonics Research
Vol. 4, Issue 6, 222 (2016)

Strip-loaded waveguide-based optical phase shifter for high-efficiency silicon optical modulators

Yuriko Maegami^*, Guangwei Cong, Morifumi Ohno, Makoto Okano, and Koji Yamada

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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan

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