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We present, for the first time, power splitters with multiple channel configurations in one-dimensional grating waveguides (1DGWs) that maintain crystal lattice-sensitive Bloch mode profiles without perturbation across all output channels,…
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The accelerating demand for wireless communication necessitates wideband, energy-efficient photonic sub-terahertz (sub-THz) sources to enable ultra-fast data transfer. However, as critical components for THz photonic mixing, photodiodes…
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