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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 10, 2078(2024)

Topological edge states in a photonic Floquet insulator with unpaired Dirac cones

Hua Zhong1, Yaroslav V. Kartashov2, Yongdong Li1, Ming Li3, and Yiqi Zhang1、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices, Ministry of Education, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
  • 2Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 108840, Russia
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China
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    Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

    Received: Mar. 29, 2024

    Accepted: Jul. 3, 2024

    Published Online: Sep. 5, 2024

    The Author Email: Yiqi Zhang (zhangyiqi@xjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.524824

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