Weak-value amplification for the optical signature of topological phase transitions

Weijie Wu; Shizhen Chen; Wenhao Xu; Zhenxing Liu; Runnan Lou; Lihua Shen; Hailu Luo; Shuangchun Wen; Xiaobo Yin

doi:10.1364/PRJ.401531

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