• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 6, 060010 (2021)
Ke Zhang1, Zhaoxi Chen1, Hanke Feng1, Wing-Han Wong1, Edwin Yue-Bun Pun1、2, and Cheng Wang1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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    Ke Zhang, Zhaoxi Chen, Hanke Feng, Wing-Han Wong, Edwin Yue-Bun Pun, Cheng Wang. High-Q lithium niobate microring resonators using lift-off metallic masks [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(6): 060010 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Ke Zhang, Zhaoxi Chen, Hanke Feng, Wing-Han Wong, Edwin Yue-Bun Pun, Cheng Wang. High-Q lithium niobate microring resonators using lift-off metallic masks [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(6): 060010
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