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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 3, 444(2024)

Observation of gapless corner modes of photonic crystal slabs in synthetic translation dimensions

Wen-Jin Zhang^1、†, Hao-Chang Mo^1、†, Wen-Jie Chen¹, Xiao-Dong Chen^1、*, and Jian-Wen Dong^1,2

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¹School of Physics & State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

²e-mail: dongjwen@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

Received: Sep. 22, 2023

Accepted: Jan. 2, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 23, 2024

The Author Email: Xiao-Dong Chen (chenxd67@mail.sysu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.506167

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