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A perspective on topological nanophotonics: current status and future challenges
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Title: | A perspective on topological nanophotonics: current status and future challenges |
Authors: | Rider, MS Palmer, SJ Pocock, SR Xiao, X Huidobro, PA Giannini, V |
Item Type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Topological photonic systems, with their ability to host states protected against disorder and perturbation, allow us to do with photons what topological insulators do with electrons. Topological photonics can refer to electronic systems coupled with light or purely photonic setups. By shrinking these systems to the nanoscale, we can harness the enhanced sensitivity observed in nanoscale structures and combine this with the protection of the topological photonic states, allowing us to design photonic local density of states and to push towards one of the ultimate goals of modern science: the precise control of photons at the nanoscale. This is paramount for both nano-technological applications and also for fundamental research in light matter problems. For purely photonic systems, we work with bosonic rather than fermionic states, so the implementation of topology in these systems requires new paradigms. Trying to face these challenges has helped in the creation of the exciting new field of topological nanophotonics, with far-reaching applications. In this prospective article we review milestones in topological photonics and discuss how they can be built upon at the nanoscale. |
Issue Date: | 28-Mar-2019 |
Date of Acceptance: | 2-Mar-2019 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/67341 |
DOI: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5086433 |
ISSN: | 0021-8979 |
Publisher: | AIP Publishing |
Journal / Book Title: | Journal of Applied Physics |
Volume: | 125 |
Issue: | 12 |
Copyright Statement: | © Author(s) 2019. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in the Journal of Applied Physics and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086433. |
Sponsor/Funder: | European Commission |
Funder's Grant Number: | 700745 |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Physical Sciences Physics, Applied Physics PHOTONIC CRYSTAL DIRAC PLASMONS INSULATOR MODES REALIZATION TRANSITION MATTER BI2SE3 CHAINS cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mes-hall Applied Physics 01 Mathematical Sciences 02 Physical Sciences 09 Engineering |
Publication Status: | Published |
Article Number: | ARTN 120901 |
Online Publication Date: | 2019-03-22 |
Appears in Collections: | Condensed Matter Theory Physics Faculty of Natural Sciences |