Three-dimensional photonic topological insulator without spin-orbit coupling

• Main Authors: Kim, Minkyung, Wang, Zihao, Yang, Yihao, Teo, Hau Tian, Rho, Junsuk, Zhang, Baile
• 其他作者: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2023
• 主題: Science::Physics; Spontaneous Emission; Crystalline Insulator
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164871

Spin-orbit coupling, a fundamental mechanism underlying topological insulators, has been introduced to construct the latter's photonic analogs, or photonic topological insulators (PTIs). However, the intrinsic lack of electronic spin in photonic systems leads to various imperfections in emulati...