Nonlinear harmonic generation of terahertz waves in a topological valley polaritonic microcavity

Yao Lu; Hao Xiong; Yibo Huang; Qiang Wu; Jiwei Qi; Chongpei Pan; Jingjun Xu

doi:10.3788/COL202321.081901

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 8, 081901(2023)

Nonlinear harmonic generation of terahertz waves in a topological valley polaritonic microcavity

Yao Lu^1,2, Hao Xiong^1,2, Yibo Huang^1,2, Qiang Wu^1,2、*, Jiwei Qi^1,2, Chongpei Pan^1,2、**, and Jingjun Xu^1,2

¹Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, TEDA Applied Physics Institute and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China

²Shenzhen Research Institute of Nankai University, Shenzhen 518083, China

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Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Feb. 12, 2023

Accepted: Apr. 23, 2023

Posted: Apr. 24, 2023

Published Online: Aug. 9, 2023

The Author Email: Qiang Wu (wuqiang@nankai.edu.cn), Chongpei Pan (pancp@nankai.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.081901

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