Experimental investigation on the unbalanced Mach–Zehnder interferometer on lithium niobate thin film

Xuerui Sun; Yinan Wu; Chuanyi Lu; Yuting Zhang; Hao Li; Shijie Liu; Yuanlin Zheng; Xianfeng Chen

doi:10.3788/COL202220.101301

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