Dynamical tuning multifunctional and nonreciprocal polarization conversion by twisting twin Weyl-semimetal layers

Guangfan Liu; Shuai Deng; Sen Hong; Qiongxiong Ma; Chengping Yin; Kunyuan Xu

doi:10.3788/COL202523.013602

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 1, 013602(2025)

Dynamical tuning multifunctional and nonreciprocal polarization conversion by twisting twin Weyl-semimetal layers

Guangfan Liu¹, Shuai Deng¹, Sen Hong¹, Qiongxiong Ma^2、*, Chengping Yin^1,3、**, and Kunyuan Xu^1,3、***

¹Key Laboratory of Atomic and Subatomic Structure and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Structure and Fundamental Interactions of Matter, School of Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

²Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

³Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

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Paper Information

Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

Received: Mar. 28, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 17, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 10, 2025

The Author Email: Qiongxiong Ma (maqx@m.scnu.edu.cn), Chengping Yin (yinchengping1979@163.com), Kunyuan Xu (xuky@scnu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.013602

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.013602

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