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Topologically protected defect states in open photonic systems with non-Hermitian charge-conjugation and parity-time symmetry

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Topologically protected defect states in open photonic systems with non-Hermitian charge-conjugation and parity-time symmetry. / Malzard, Simon; Poli, Charles Joseph; Schomerus, Henning Ulrich.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 115, No. 20, 200402, 13.11.2015.

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Malzard, S, Poli, CJ & Schomerus, HU 2015, 'Topologically protected defect states in open photonic systems with non-Hermitian charge-conjugation and parity-time symmetry', Physical review letters, vol. 115, no. 20, 200402. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.200402

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Malzard, S., Poli, C. J., & Schomerus, H. U. (2015). Topologically protected defect states in open photonic systems with non-Hermitian charge-conjugation and parity-time symmetry. Physical review letters, 115(20), Article 200402. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.200402

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Malzard S, Poli CJ, Schomerus HU. Topologically protected defect states in open photonic systems with non-Hermitian charge-conjugation and parity-time symmetry. Physical review letters. 2015 Nov 13;115(20):200402. Epub 2015 Nov 10. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.200402

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Malzard, Simon ; Poli, Charles Joseph ; Schomerus, Henning Ulrich. / Topologically protected defect states in open photonic systems with non-Hermitian charge-conjugation and parity-time symmetry. In: Physical review letters. 2015 ; Vol. 115, No. 20.

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