Frequency-dependent selectively oriented edge state topological transport

Jiajun Ma; Chunmei Ouyang; Yuting Yang; Xinyue Qian; Li Niu; Yi Liu; Quan Xu; Yanfeng Li; Zhen Tian; Jianqiang Gu; Jiaguang Han; Weili Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.APN.3.3.036004

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