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On-chip synthetic magnetic field

Nature Photonics volume 7, pages 941–943 (2013)Cite this article

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The experimental observation of topologically protected photonic edge transport in a silicon chip paves the way to realizing unprecedented control of light using synthetic magnetic fields and opens up new approaches for optical information processing.

The past three decades have witnessed the discoveries of the quantum Hall effect, the quantum spin Hall effect and topological insulators, revolutionizing our view of the quantum states of matter. The associated exotic states of matter are all characterized by insulating behaviour in the bulk and the presence of edge states that contribute to charge or spin currents and that persist even when the edge is distorted or contains impurities.

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  1. A. B. Khanikaev is at the Department of Physics, Queens College of the City University of New York, Queens, New York 11367, USA and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, USA,

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