Direct quantification of topological protection in symmetry-protected photonic edge states at telecom wavelengths

Abstract Topological on-chip photonics based on tailored photonic crystals (PhCs) that emulate quantum valley-Hall effects has recently gained widespread interest owing to its promise of robust unidirectional transport of classical and quantum information. We present a direct quantitative evaluation...

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Main Authors: Sonakshi Arora, Thomas Bauer, René Barczyk, Ewold Verhagen, L. Kuipers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Light: Science & Applications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-020-00458-6