Experimental observation of topological large-area pseudo-spin-momentum-locking waveguide states with exceptional robustness

Liu He; Zhihao Lan; Bin Yang; Jianquan Yao; Qun Ren; Jian Wei You; Wei E. I. Sha; Yuting Yang; Liang Wu

doi:10.1117/1.APN.3.1.016009

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