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Advanced Photonics
Vol. 2, Issue 6, 066003 (2020)

Generation and manipulation of chiral terahertz waves in the three-dimensional topological insulator Bi₂Te₃

Haihui Zhao^1、†, Xinhou Chen², Chen Ouyang^3、4, Hangtian Wang^1、5, Deyin Kong², Peidi Yang², Baolong Zhang^3、4, Chun Wang^3、4, Gaoshuai Wei^3、4, Tianxiao Nie^1、5、*, Weisheng Zhao^1、5、*, Jungang Miao², Yutong Li^3、4, Li Wang^3、*, and Xiaojun Wu^2、6、*

Author Affiliations

¹Beihang University, Fert Beijing Institute, Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data and Brain Computing, School of Microelectronics, Beijing, China

²Beihang University, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing, China

³Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Beijing, China

⁴University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, Beijing, China

⁵Beihang University, Beihang-Goertek Joint Microelectronics Institute, Qingdao Research Institute, Qingdao, China

⁶Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

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Haihui Zhao, Xinhou Chen, Chen Ouyang, Hangtian Wang, Deyin Kong, Peidi Yang, Baolong Zhang, Chun Wang, Gaoshuai Wei, Tianxiao Nie, Weisheng Zhao, Jungang Miao, Yutong Li, Li Wang, Xiaojun Wu. Generation and manipulation of chiral terahertz waves in the three-dimensional topological insulator Bi₂Te₃[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2020, 2(6): 066003 Copy Citation Text

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Haihui Zhao, Xinhou Chen, Chen Ouyang, Hangtian Wang, Deyin Kong, Peidi Yang, Baolong Zhang, Chun Wang, Gaoshuai Wei, Tianxiao Nie, Weisheng Zhao, Jungang Miao, Yutong Li, Li Wang, Xiaojun Wu. Generation and manipulation of chiral terahertz waves in the three-dimensional topological insulator Bi₂Te₃[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2020, 2(6): 066003

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