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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 5, 869(2023)

Pseudospin-2 in photonic chiral borophene Editors' Pick

Philip Menz^1、*, Haissam Hanafi¹, Daniel Leykam², Jörg Imbrock¹, and Cornelia Denz^1,3

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¹Institute of Applied Physics, University of Muenster, Muenster 48149, Germany

²Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore

³Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), 38116 Braunschweig, Germany

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Category: Optical and Photonic Materials

Received: Feb. 2, 2023

Accepted: Mar. 11, 2023

Published Online: May. 4, 2023

The Author Email: Philip Menz (philip.menz@uni-muenster.de)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.486916

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