Space- and frequency-division multiplexing in photonic second-order topological insulators

Guangxu Su; Renwen Huang; Shiyin Jia; Jiangle He; Zhixin Song; Junzheng Hu; Minghui Lu; Fanxin Liu; Peng Zhan

doi:10.1364/PRJ.525435

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 10, 2323(2024)

Space- and frequency-division multiplexing in photonic second-order topological insulators

Guangxu Su^1、†, Renwen Huang^2、†, Shiyin Jia^2、†, Jiangle He¹, Zhixin Song¹, Junzheng Hu², Minghui Lu², Fanxin Liu^1,3、*, and Peng Zhan^2,4、*

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Applied Physics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China

²National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

³e-mail: liufanxin@zjut.edu.cn

⁴e-mail: zhanpeng@nju.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

Received: Apr. 18, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 14, 2024

Published Online: Oct. 8, 2024

The Author Email: Fanxin Liu (liufanxin@zjut.edu.cn), Peng Zhan (zhanpeng@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.525435

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