Robust optical delay lines with topological protection

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 907-912

  Hafezi, Mohammad ^a   Demler, Eugene A ^b   Lukin, Mikhail D ^b   Taylor, Jacob M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80555126746     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2063     Document Type: Article

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