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Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 1, A1(2021)

Photonic two-particle quantum walks in Su–Schrieffer–Heeger lattices

Friederike Klauck, Matthias Heinrich, and Alexander Szameit^*

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Institute for Physics, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany

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Special Issue: TOPOLOGICAL PHOTONICS AND BEYOND

Received: Sep. 1, 2020

Accepted: Nov. 14, 2020

Published Online: Dec. 25, 2020

The Author Email: Alexander Szameit (alexander.szameit@uni-rostock.de)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.409005

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