Optical excitations of Skyrmions, knotted solitons, and defects in atoms
Skyrmions and hopfions are topological elementary excitations originally discussed in particle physics and field theory, and are also created in optical fields. The authors show theoretically that the topology of light beams can be transformed into optical excitations of an atomic gas to form 3D par...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Communications Physics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00829-y |