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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 6, 936(2023)

Polarization singularities in planar electromagnetic resonators with rotation and mirror symmetries

Jie Yang^1,2, Xuezhi Zheng^1,4、*, Jiafu Wang^2,5、*, Anxue Zhang², Tie Jun Cui³, and Guy A. E. Vandenbosch¹

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¹WaveCoRE Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven B-3001, Belgium

²Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

³State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Wave, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

⁴e-mail: xuezhi.zheng@esat.kuleuven.be

⁵e-mail: wangjiafu1981@126.com

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Jie Yang, Xuezhi Zheng, Jiafu Wang, Anxue Zhang, Tie Jun Cui, Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, "Polarization singularities in planar electromagnetic resonators with rotation and mirror symmetries," Photonics Res. 11, 936 (2023)

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Paper Information

Category: Physical Optics

Received: Jan. 13, 2023

Accepted: Mar. 3, 2023

Published Online: Jun. 8, 2023

The Author Email: Xuezhi Zheng (xuezhi.zheng@esat.kuleuven.be), Jiafu Wang (wangjiafu1981@126.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.485625

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