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C.-W.Q. acknowledges the support from National Research Foundation Singapore (CRP26-2021-0004). B.P. acknowledges the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52021001, 62250073). Y.J. acknowledges the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12274316).
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C.-W.Q. conceived this work. Y.J. and B.P. wrote the paper with input from C.-W.Q. and J.Z. Y.W. and B.P. performed the RMCD and LD experiments. All of the authors contributed to the discussion.
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Jiang, Y., Wu, Y., Zhang, J. et al. Dilemma in optical identification of single-layer multiferroics. Nature 619, E40–E43 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06107-3
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