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Volume 8 Issue 11, November 2014

The field profile of a topologically-protected one-way edge mode flowing around a corner and an obstacle. The edge mode is excited close to the bottom interface between the metallic boundary and a photonic crystal with a topological bandgap.

Review Article p821; Editorial p809

IMAGE: LING LU AND JOHN JOANNOPOULOS, MIT

COVER DESIGN: SAMANTHA WHITHAM

Volume 8 Issue 11

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  • Applying the mathematical concept of topology to the wave-vector space of photonics yields exciting opportunities for creating new states of light with useful properties such as unidirectional propagation and the ability to flow around imperfections.

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    • John D. Joannopoulos
    • Marin Soljačić
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