Recent progress in graphene-based optical modulators on silicon photonics platform

Special Topic: Novel Optoelectronic Devices

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Issue		Natl Sci Open Volume 1, Number 3, 2022 Special Topic: Novel Optoelectronic Devices


Article Number		20220031
Number of page(s)		20
Section		Information Sciences
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20220031
Published online		04 November 2022

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