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Photonics Research
Vol. 12, Issue 1, 154 (2024)

Generating a nanoscale blade-like optical field in a coupled nanofiber pair

Yuxin Yang^1、†, Jiaxin Gao^1、†, Hao Wu¹, Zhanke Zhou¹, Liu Yang¹, Xin Guo^{1、2、4、*}, Pan Wang^1、2, and Limin Tong^{1、2、3、5、*}

Author Affiliations

¹Interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Information, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

²Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Photonic Sensing & Intelligent Imaging, Intelligent Optics & Photonics Research Center, Jiaxing Research Institute Zhejiang University, Jiaxing 314000, China

³Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

⁴e-mail: guoxin@zju.edu.cn

⁵e-mail: phytong@zju.edu.cn

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Yuxin Yang, Jiaxin Gao, Hao Wu, Zhanke Zhou, Liu Yang, Xin Guo, Pan Wang, Limin Tong, "Generating a nanoscale blade-like optical field in a coupled nanofiber pair," Photonics Res. 12, 154 (2024) Copy Citation Text

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