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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 4, 517(2023)

Perfect light absorber with a PT phase transition via coupled topological interface states

Jiajun Zheng1, Haiyang Zhou2, Junyang Li2, Yufei Wang3,5、*, Haitao Jiang1,6、*, Yunhui Li1,4, Zhiwei Guo1, Yaping Yang1, Guiqiang Du2,7、*, Wanhua Zheng3, Yong Sun1,8、*, and Hong Chen1
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  • 1MOE Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro-structured Materials, School of Physics Sciences and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • 2School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 4Department of Electrical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
  • 5e-mail: yufeiwang@semi.ac.cn
  • 6e-mail: jiang-haitao@tongji.edu.cn
  • 7e-mail: dgqql@sdu.edu.cn
  • 8e-mail: yongsun@tongji.edu.cn
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    Jiajun Zheng, Haiyang Zhou, Junyang Li, Yufei Wang, Haitao Jiang, Yunhui Li, Zhiwei Guo, Yaping Yang, Guiqiang Du, Wanhua Zheng, Yong Sun, Hong Chen, "Perfect light absorber with a PT phase transition via coupled topological interface states," Photonics Res. 11, 517 (2023)

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    Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

    Received: Nov. 16, 2022

    Accepted: Jan. 14, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 9, 2023

    The Author Email: Yufei Wang (yufeiwang@semi.ac.cn), Haitao Jiang (jiang-haitao@tongji.edu.cn), Guiqiang Du (dgqql@sdu.edu.cn), Yong Sun (yongsun@tongji.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.480697

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