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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 12, 2919(2024)

Observation of spatiotemporal dynamics for topological surface states with on-demand dispersion

Zhanyuan Zhang1、†, Zhihao Lan2、†, Pengbai Xu1,3, Leiming Wu1,3, Menglin L. N. Chen4, Wei E. I. Sha5, Yi Xu1,3,6、*, and Yuwen Qin1,3,7、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Photonic Technology for Integrated Sensing and Communication, Ministry of Education, Institute of Advanced Photonic Technology, School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 2Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E7JE, UK
  • 3Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Institute of Advanced Photonic Technology, School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 4Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
  • 5Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Electronic Devices and Smart Systems of Zhejiang Province, College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 6e-mail: yixu@gdut.edu.cn
  • 7e-mail: qinyw@gdut.edu.cn
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    Zhanyuan Zhang, Zhihao Lan, Pengbai Xu, Leiming Wu, Menglin L. N. Chen, Wei E. I. Sha, Yi Xu, Yuwen Qin, "Observation of spatiotemporal dynamics for topological surface states with on-demand dispersion," Photonics Res. 12, 2919 (2024)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

    Received: May. 17, 2024

    Accepted: Oct. 8, 2024

    Published Online: Nov. 29, 2024

    The Author Email: Yi Xu (yixu@gdut.edu.cn), Yuwen Qin (qinyw@gdut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.530245

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.530245

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