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Vol. 4, Issue 3, 036012 (2025)

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Yingdi Pan¹, Lu Sun^1,*, Jingchi Li¹, Qiyao Sun¹..., Pan Hu¹, Songyue Liu¹, Qi Lu¹, Xiong Ni¹, Xintao He², Jianwen Dong^2,* and Yikai Su^1,*|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University, State Key Lab of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai, China

²Sun Yat-sen University, School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangzhou, China

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Yingdi Pan, Lu Sun, Jingchi Li, Qiyao Sun, Pan Hu, Songyue Liu, Qi Lu, Xiong Ni, Xintao He, Jianwen Dong, Yikai Su, "Wavelength- and structure-insensitive on-chip mode manipulation based on the Thouless pumping mechanism," Adv. Photon. Nexus 4, 036012 (2025) Copy Citation Text

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