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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 2, Issue 4, 046009(2023)

Generation and control of extreme ultraviolet free-space optical skyrmions with high harmonic generation

Yiqi Fang1 and Yunquan Liu1...23,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Peking University, School of Physics, State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, Beijing, China
  • 2Shanxi University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Taiyuan, China
  • 3Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 31, 2023

    Accepted: Aug. 1, 2023

    Published Online: Aug. 16, 2023

    The Author Email: Yunquan Liu (yunquan.liu@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1117/1.APN.2.4.046009

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