Topological photonic crystal of large valley Chern numbers

Xiang Xi; Kang-Ping Ye; Rui-Xin Wu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.396872

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 9, B1(2020)

Topological photonic crystal of large valley Chern numbers

Xiang Xi, Kang-Ping Ye, and Rui-Xin Wu^*

Author Affiliations

School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 200023, China

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Paper Information

Special Issue: TOPOLOGICAL PHOTONICS AND BEYOND

Received: May. 5, 2020

Accepted: Jul. 1, 2020

Published Online: Aug. 18, 2020

The Author Email: Rui-Xin Wu (rxwu@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.396872

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