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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 23, Issue 2, 022201 (2025)

Single-point tunable and non-volatile Y-junction photonic power splitter on SOI with broadband and low loss | On the Cover

Haitang Li^1,2,3, Jin Deng^1,3, Junbo Feng⁴, Lehan Zhao^1,3..., Zihan Shen^1,2,3, Guangqiong Xia^1,3, Zhengmao Wu^1,4, Jiagui Wu^1,3,* and Junbo Yang^2,**|Show fewer author(s)

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¹School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China

²Center of Material Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

³Chongqing Key Laboratory of Micro&Nano Structure Optoelectronics, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China

⁴Microelectronics Center Co., Ltd., Chongqing 401332, China

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Haitang Li, Jin Deng, Junbo Feng, Lehan Zhao, Zihan Shen, Guangqiong Xia, Zhengmao Wu, Jiagui Wu, Junbo Yang, "Single-point tunable and non-volatile Y-junction photonic power splitter on SOI with broadband and low loss," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 022201 (2025) Copy Citation Text

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Haitang Li, Jin Deng, Junbo Feng, Lehan Zhao, Zihan Shen, Guangqiong Xia, Zhengmao Wu, Jiagui Wu, Junbo Yang, "Single-point tunable and non-volatile Y-junction photonic power splitter on SOI with broadband and low loss," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 022201 (2025)

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