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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 12, B47(2020)

Weak-value amplification for the optical signature of topological phase transitions

Weijie Wu1,2, Shizhen Chen1, Wenhao Xu1, Zhenxing Liu3, Runnan Lou2, Lihua Shen2, Hailu Luo1,4、*, Shuangchun Wen1, and Xiaobo Yin2,3,5、*
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  • 1Laboratory for Spin Photonics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
  • 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
  • 3Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
  • 4e-mail: hailuluo@hnu.edu.cn
  • 5e-mail: xiaobo.yin@colorado.edu
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    Special Issue: TOPOLOGICAL PHOTONICS AND BEYOND

    Received: Jul. 1, 2020

    Accepted: Sep. 22, 2020

    Published Online: Nov. 10, 2020

    The Author Email: Hailu Luo (hailuluo@hnu.edu.cn), Xiaobo Yin (xiaobo.yin@colorado.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.401531

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