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Subwavelength grating enabled on-chip ultra-compact optical true time delay line

Wang et al., 2016

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741715774010296251
Author
Wang J
Ashrafi R
Adams R
Glesk I
Gasulla I
Capmany J
Chen L
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Scientific reports

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An optical true time delay line (OTTDL) is a basic photonic building block that enables many microwave photonic and optical processing operations. The conventional design for an integrated OTTDL that is based on spatial diversity uses a length-variable waveguide array …
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