Improving Low-Dispersion Bandwidth of the Silicon Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Ultrafast Integrated Photonics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Improving the Low-Dispersion Bandwidth by Adjusting the Lattice Positions and Radii
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Pan, J.; Fu, M.; Yi, W.; Wang, X.; Liu, J.; Zhu, M.; Qi, J.; Yin, S.; Huang, G.; Zhu, S.; et al. Improving Low-Dispersion Bandwidth of the Silicon Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Ultrafast Integrated Photonics. Photonics 2021, 8, 105. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8040105
Pan J, Fu M, Yi W, Wang X, Liu J, Zhu M, Qi J, Yin S, Huang G, Zhu S, et al. Improving Low-Dispersion Bandwidth of the Silicon Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Ultrafast Integrated Photonics. Photonics. 2021; 8(4):105. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8040105
Chicago/Turabian StylePan, Jinghan, Meicheng Fu, Wenjun Yi, Xiaochun Wang, Ju Liu, Mengjun Zhu, Junli Qi, Shaojie Yin, Guocheng Huang, Shuyue Zhu, and et al. 2021. "Improving Low-Dispersion Bandwidth of the Silicon Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Ultrafast Integrated Photonics" Photonics 8, no. 4: 105. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8040105