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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 7, 1997(2025)

Frequency conversion of vortex states by chiral flexural acoustic phonons

Xinglin Zeng^1、*, Philip St.J. Russell¹, and Birgit Stiller^1,2

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¹Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

²Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander Universität, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Jan. 17, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 28, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 2, 2025

The Author Email: Xinglin Zeng (xinglin.zeng@mpl.mpg.de)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.557205

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.557205

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