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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 4, 569(2023)

Applications for wavelength division multiplexers based on topological photonic crystals

Yuhang Ruan1, Xinyue Qian2, Hai-Xiao Wang3, Zheng-Da Hu1, Yuting Yang2,5、*, Jicheng Wang1,4,6、*, Xiaopeng Shen2, and Yixiang Wang1
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  • 1School of Science, Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Physics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
  • 3School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • 5e-mail: yangyt@cumt.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: jcwang@jiangnan.edu.cn
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    Yuhang Ruan, Xinyue Qian, Hai-Xiao Wang, Zheng-Da Hu, Yuting Yang, Jicheng Wang, Xiaopeng Shen, Yixiang Wang. Applications for wavelength division multiplexers based on topological photonic crystals[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(4): 569

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    Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

    Received: Nov. 24, 2022

    Accepted: Feb. 12, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: Yuting Yang (yangyt@cumt.edu.cn), Jicheng Wang (jcwang@jiangnan.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.481849

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