Topological photonics
The application of topology, the mathematics of conserved properties under continuous deformations, is creating a range of new opportunities throughout photonics. This field was inspired by the discovery of topological insulators, in which interfacial electrons transport without dissipation, even in...
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| author | Lu, Ling Joannopoulos, John D. Soljacic, Marin |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies |
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| description | The application of topology, the mathematics of conserved properties under continuous deformations, is creating a range of new opportunities throughout photonics. This field was inspired by the discovery of topological insulators, in which interfacial electrons transport without dissipation, even in the presence of impurities. Similarly, the use of carefully designed wavevector-space topologies allows the creation of interfaces that support new states of light with useful and interesting properties. In particular, this suggests unidirectional waveguides that allow light to flow around large imperfections without back-reflection. This Review explains the underlying principles and highlights how topological effects can be realized in photonic crystals, coupled resonators, metamaterials and quasicrystals. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/980672022-10-03T08:05:05Z Topological photonics Lu, Ling Joannopoulos, John D. Soljacic, Marin Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Lu, Ling Joannopoulos, John D. Soljacic, Marin The application of topology, the mathematics of conserved properties under continuous deformations, is creating a range of new opportunities throughout photonics. This field was inspired by the discovery of topological insulators, in which interfacial electrons transport without dissipation, even in the presence of impurities. Similarly, the use of carefully designed wavevector-space topologies allows the creation of interfaces that support new states of light with useful and interesting properties. In particular, this suggests unidirectional waveguides that allow light to flow around large imperfections without back-reflection. This Review explains the underlying principles and highlights how topological effects can be realized in photonic crystals, coupled resonators, metamaterials and quasicrystals. United States. Army Research Office (Contract W911NF-07-D-0004) National Science Foundation (U.S.). Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (Program) (Award DMR-0819762) United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science (Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center Grant DE-SC0001299) 2015-08-11T14:40:59Z 2015-08-11T14:40:59Z 2014-10 2014-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1749-4885 1749-4893 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98067 Lu, Ling, John D. Joannopoulos, and Marin Soljacic. “Topological Photonics.” Nature Photon 8, no. 11 (October 26, 2014): 821–829. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7184-5831 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2014.248 Nature Photonics Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Nature Publishing Group arXiv |
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