Supertoroidal light pulses as electromagnetic skyrmions propagating in free space

Topology in electromagnetic fields can lead to a range of intriguing and unexpected phenomena. Here the authors describe a family of supertoroidal light pulses that exhibit skyrmionic topological structure flying in free space.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yijie Shen, Yaonan Hou, Nikitas Papasimakis, Nikolay I. Zheludev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26037-w