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:doi:10.1364/PRJ.401531

Photonics Research, 2020, 8 (12): 12000B47, Published Online: Nov. 10, 2020

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Weijie Wu ^1,2Shizhen Chen ¹Wenhao Xu ¹Zhenxing Liu ³Runnan Lou ²Lihua Shen ²Hailu Luo ^1,4,*Shuangchun Wen ¹Xiaobo Yin ^2,3,5,*

Author Affiliations

¹ Laboratory for Spin Photonics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China

² Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA

³ Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA

⁴ e-mail: hailuluo@hnu.edu.cn

⁵ e-mail: xiaobo.yin@colorado.edu

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Weijie Wu, Shizhen Chen, Wenhao Xu, Zhenxing Liu, Runnan Lou, Lihua Shen, Hailu Luo, Shuangchun Wen, Xiaobo Yin. Weak-value amplification for the optical signature of topological phase transitions[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(12): 12000B47.

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