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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 7, Issue 4, 046005(2025)

Observation of doubly degenerate topological flatbands of edge states in strained graphene

Yongsheng Liang^1、†, Jingyan Zhan¹, Shiqi Xia^1、*, Daohong Song^1,2、*, and Zhigang Chen^1,2、*

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¹Nankai University, TEDA Applied Physics Institute and School of Physics, MOE Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Tianjin, China

²Shanxi University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Taiyuan, China

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Jan. 21, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 9, 2025

Published Online: May. 26, 2025

The Author Email: Shiqi Xia (shiqixia@nankai.edu.cn), Daohong Song (songdaohong@nankai.edu.cn), Zhigang Chen (zgchen@nankai.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.7.4.046005

CSTR:32187.14.1.AP.7.4.046005

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