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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 8, 2400(2025)

Inherent non-Hermitian Chern insulators with PT-symmetry and synthetic translation dimension

Ke-Xin Sun, Jian-Wen Dong, and Wen-Jie Chen^*

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

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Paper Information

Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

Received: Mar. 17, 2025

Accepted: May. 21, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 31, 2025

The Author Email: Wen-Jie Chen (chenwj5@mail.sysu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.561829

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.561829

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