Fig. 1.
(Color online) (a) The difference of mode distribution between PT symmetric and anti-PT symmetric system. (b) The compare between conventional polarizer and chiral polarizer.
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Chengwei Qiu. Breaking the symmetry of polarizers[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2022, 43(5): 050401. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/43/5/050401
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Chengwei Qiu. 2022: Breaking the symmetry of polarizers. Journal of Semiconductors, 43(5): 050401. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/43/5/050401
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