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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 8, 2240(2025)

Grating mediated by three-dimensional director solitons

Chao-Yi Li1,2、†, Xing-Zhou Tang2、†, Zhi-Jun Huang2, Ge Sun3, Ze-Yu Wang1, Yuan Liu1,5、*, Bing-Xiang Li1,2,6、*, Juan J. de Pablo3,4, and Yan-Qing Lu1,7、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 3Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
  • 4Center for Molecular Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
  • 5e-mail: liuyuan@nju.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: bxli@njupt.edu.cn
  • 7e-mail: yqlu@nju.edu.cn
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    Category: Holography, Gratings, and Diffraction

    Received: Nov. 6, 2024

    Accepted: May. 20, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: Yuan Liu (liuyuan@nju.edu.cn), Bing-Xiang Li (bxli@njupt.edu.cn), Yan-Qing Lu (yqlu@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.546820

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.546820

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