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Analysis and Design of a Planar Rat-Race Coupler with Arbitrary Power Division Ratio and nth Harmonics Suppression

Qing HeBeijing Key Laboratory for Optoelectronics Measurement Technology, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xiaochen MengBeijing Key Laboratory for Optoelectronics Measurement Technology, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, ChinaView further author information
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Xiaoping LouBeijing Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Information and Instruments, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, ChinaView further author information
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Lianqing ZhuBeijing Laboratory for Biomedical Detection Technology and Instrument, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, ChinaView further author information
Pages 305-316 | Received 19 Jan 2016, Accepted 11 Apr 2016, Published online: 28 Jun 2016

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