Chen-Pu Li, 2 Hong-Bin Chen, 4 and Zhi-Gang Zheng 4, ∗ 1 Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China 2 College of Science, Hebei University of Architecture, Zhang Jiakou 075000 ,China Institute of Systems Science (ISS), Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China College of Information Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China (Dated: October 5, ...

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