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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 4, A10(2018)

Non-Hermitian lattices with a flat band and polynomial power increase [Invited] On the Cover

Li Ge1,2、*
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  • 1Department of Engineering Science and Physics, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA
  • 2The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, New York 10016, USA (li.ge@csi.cuny.edu)
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    Special Issue: NON-HERMITIAN PHOTONICS IN COMPLEX MEDIA: PT-SYMMETRY AND BEYOND

    Received: Aug. 4, 2017

    Accepted: Nov. 12, 2017

    Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

    The Author Email: Li Ge (li.ge@csi.cuny.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000A10

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