Experimental realization of photonic topological insulator in a uniaxial metacrystal waveguide

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chen, Wen Jie ^a,b   Jiang, Shao Ji ^a   Chen, Xiao Dong ^a   Zhu, Baocheng ^c   Zhou, Lei ^c   Dong, Jian Wen ^a   Chan, C T ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; CRYSTAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DEVICES; DIPOLE; DISPERSION; EMBEDDING; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTONIC TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

EID: 84922721253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6782     Document Type: Article

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