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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 2, 023902(2024)

Highly efficient conversion from classical guided waves to topological chiral edge states Editors' Pick

Jianfei Han¹, Feng Liang^1、*, Yulin Zhao¹, Xiao Ding¹, Xiangru Wang^2、**, Deshuang Zhao¹, and Bing-Zhong Wang¹

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¹School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China

²School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China

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Jianfei Han, Feng Liang, Yulin Zhao, Xiao Ding, Xiangru Wang, Deshuang Zhao, Bing-Zhong Wang, "Highly efficient conversion from classical guided waves to topological chiral edge states," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 023902 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Microwave Photonics

Received: May. 2, 2023

Accepted: Oct. 18, 2023

Posted: Oct. 18, 2023

Published Online: Feb. 27, 2024

The Author Email: Feng Liang (fengliang@uestc.edu.cn), Xiangru Wang (xiangruwang@uestc.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.023902

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.023902

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