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N A Jaeger, L Huang

    Optics Letters
    |October 28, 2009
    PubMed
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    Researchers created a novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a domain-inverted optical waveguide. This design enables opposite electro-optic effects in its branches, advancing integrated optics.

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