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Photonics Research
Vol. 11, Issue 5, 869 (2023)

Pseudospin-2 in photonic chiral borophene | Editors' Pick

Philip Menz^1、*, Haissam Hanafi¹, Daniel Leykam², Jörg Imbrock¹, and Cornelia Denz^1、3

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¹Institute of Applied Physics, University of Muenster, Muenster 48149, Germany

²Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore

³Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), 38116 Braunschweig, Germany

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