Photonic simulation of topological excitations in metamaterials

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tan, Wei ^a,b   Sun, Yong ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Shen, Shun Qing ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84907344558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03842     Document Type: Article

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