Actively Reconfigurable Valley Topological Edge and Corner States in Photonic Crystals Based on Phase Change Material Ge2Sb2Te5

Wei Li; Yuxiang Peng; Peihao Su; Jianbo Li; Kaijun Wang; Exian Liu; Jianqiang Liu; Mengdong He

doi:10.3788/LOP232334

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 5, 0536001(2024)

Actively Reconfigurable Valley Topological Edge and Corner States in Photonic Crystals Based on Phase Change Material Ge₂Sb₂Te₅

Wei Li¹, Yuxiang Peng¹, Peihao Su¹, Jianbo Li¹, Kaijun Wang¹, Exian Liu¹, Jianqiang Liu², and Mengdong He^1、*

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¹College of Science, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Materials Surface & Interface Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, Hunan, China

²College of Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332005, Jiangxi, China

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Category: Letters

Received: Oct. 20, 2023

Accepted: Nov. 10, 2023

Published Online: Mar. 12, 2024

The Author Email: He Mengdong (mengdonghe@csuft.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP232334

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