Experimental observation of topological large-area pseudo-spin-momentum-locking waveguide states with exceptional robustness

Liu He; Zhihao Lan; Bin Yang; Jianquan Yao; Qun Ren; Jian Wei You; Wei E. I. Sha; Yuting Yang; Liang Wu

doi:10.1117/1.APN.3.1.016009

Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 3, Issue 1, 016009(2024)

Experimental observation of topological large-area pseudo-spin-momentum-locking waveguide states with exceptional robustness Editors' Pick

Liu He¹, Zhihao Lan^2、*, Bin Yang³, Jianquan Yao¹, Qun Ren^4,5, Jian Wei You⁵, Wei E. I. Sha⁶, Yuting Yang^3、*, and Liang Wu^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Tianjin University, Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology Tianjin, China

²University College London, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, London, United Kingdom

³University of Mining and Technology, School of Materials Science and Physics, Xuzhou, China

⁴Tianjin University, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin, China

⁵Southeast University, School of Information Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Nanjing, China

⁶Zhejiang University, College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Electronic Devices and Smart Systems of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Dec. 14, 2023

Accepted: Dec. 22, 2023

Published Online: Jan. 19, 2024

The Author Email: Zhihao Lan (lanzhihao7@gmail.com), Yuting Yang (yangyt@cumt.edu.cn), Liang Wu (wuliang@tju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.3.1.016009

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.3.1.016009

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