• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 23, Issue 1, 013602 (2025)
Guangfan Liu1, Shuai Deng1, Sen Hong1, Qiongxiong Ma2,*..., Chengping Yin1,3,** and Kunyuan Xu1,3,***|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Atomic and Subatomic Structure and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Structure and Fundamental Interactions of Matter, School of Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 2Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 3Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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    Guangfan Liu, Shuai Deng, Sen Hong, Qiongxiong Ma, Chengping Yin, Kunyuan Xu, "Dynamical tuning multifunctional and nonreciprocal polarization conversion by twisting twin Weyl-semimetal layers," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 013602 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less
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    Guangfan Liu, Shuai Deng, Sen Hong, Qiongxiong Ma, Chengping Yin, Kunyuan Xu, "Dynamical tuning multifunctional and nonreciprocal polarization conversion by twisting twin Weyl-semimetal layers," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 013602 (2025)
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