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Ideal Weyl points and helicoid surface states in artificial photonic crystal structures

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Yang, Biao, Guo, Qinghua, Tremain, Ben, Liu, Rongjuan, Barr, Lauren E., Yan, Qinghui, Gao, Wenlong, Liu, Hongchao +6 more·2018·Science

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Exploring photonic topology: Scattering topological effects are being explored in a variety of electronic and optical materials systems owing to their robustness against defects (see the Perspective by Özdemir). Yang et al. designed and fabricated an ideal optical analog of a three-dimensional Weyl system. Angular transmission measurements revealed four Weyl points at the same energy, as well as the signature helicoidal arcs associated with such an exotic topological system. Zhou et al. theoretically proposed and experimentally demonstrated the formation of a topologically protected bulk Fermi arc. They attributed the formation of the arc to the topological nature of paired exceptional points (points at which gain and loss in the system are matched). Photonic crystals may provide a powerful platform for studying exotic properties of topological electronic systems and may also be used to develop optical devices that exploit topological properties of light-matter interactions. Science , this issue p. 1013 , p. 1009 ; see also p. 995

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Yang, B., Guo, Q., Tremain, B., Liu, R., Barr, L. E., Yan, Q., Gao, W., Liu, H., Xiang, Y., Chen, J., Fang, C., Hibbins, A., Lu, L., & Zhang, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Birmingham (GB)
  • Shenzhen University (CN)
  • University of Exeter (GB)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Nankai University (CN)
  • Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Beijing 100190, China.
Corresponding author
  • Yang, Biao
  • Guo, Qinghua
  • Tremain, Ben
  • Liu, Rongjuan
  • Hibbins, Alastair
  • Zhang, Shuang
Venue
Science
Published
2018-03-02
Volume
359
Issue
6379
Pages
1013-1016
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2780210437
Cited by
348
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 20 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 24
FWCI
19.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (acceptedVersion)
  • Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) (submittedVersion)
Funders
H2020 European Research Council (TOPOLOGICAL)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
Keywords
Weyl points, photonic crystals, Fermi arcs, exceptional points, topological photonics

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