Direct observation of valley-polarized topological edge states in designer surface plasmon crystals

The photonic valley-Hall effect can enable the unidirectional propagation of edge states, but often require covers which shield the states from direct measurement. Here, Wu et al. realize photonic valley-Hall effect using designer surface plasmons, enabling the direct observation of topological stat...

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Main Authors: Xiaoxiao Wu, Yan Meng, Jingxuan Tian, Yingzhou Huang, Hong Xiang, Dezhuan Han, Weijia Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01515-2