• Advanced Photonics
  • Vol. 1, Issue 4, 046002 (2019)
Da Xu1, Zi-Zhao Han1, Yu-Kun Lu1, Qihuang Gong1,2,3,4..., Cheng-Wei Qiu5, Gang Chen3,6,** and Yun-Feng Xiao1,2,3,4,*|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Peking University, State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Beijing, China
  • 2Nano-optoelectronics Frontier Center of the Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
  • 3Shanxi University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Taiyuan, China
  • 4Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, China
  • 5National University of Singapore, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Singapore, Singapore
  • 6Shanxi University, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Taiyuan, China
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    Da Xu, Zi-Zhao Han, Yu-Kun Lu, Qihuang Gong, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Gang Chen, Yun-Feng Xiao, "Synchronization and temporal nonreciprocity of optical microresonators via spontaneous symmetry breaking," Adv. Photon. 1, 046002 (2019) Copy Citation Text show less
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    Da Xu, Zi-Zhao Han, Yu-Kun Lu, Qihuang Gong, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Gang Chen, Yun-Feng Xiao, "Synchronization and temporal nonreciprocity of optical microresonators via spontaneous symmetry breaking," Adv. Photon. 1, 046002 (2019)
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