Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 15, 1500001(2024)

China's Top 10 Optical Breakthroughs: Antichiral Topological Photonic States (Invited)

Zitao Ji1、†, Jianfeng Chen†、**, and Zhiyuan Li*
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  • School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, Guangdong, China
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    Figures & Tables(4)
    Schematics of electronic models. (a) Dirac model; (b) Haldane model; (c) modified Haldane model; (d) heterogeneous Haldane model
    Schematic diagrams of magnetic photonic crystals (MPC). (a) Uniformly magnetized MPC; (b) cross-magnetized MPC; (c) heterogeneously magnetized MPC (yellow rectangle inside is a metal obstacle)
    Realization of antichiral states in 2D and 3D system. (a) Experimental design of a unit cell in 2D system[13]; (b) (c) experimental sample for measuring antichiral edge states and the measurement results[86,90]; (d) simulation and experimental results of one-way bulk states[93]; (e) experimental design of 3D antichiral surface states and the experimental result of project band[87]
    Application of antichiral states. (a) Compact three-channel one-way waveguide[13]; (b) topological unidirectional circulator[86]; (c) reconfigurable topological beam splitting[90]; (d) reconfigurable light imaging[101]
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    Zitao Ji, Jianfeng Chen, Zhiyuan Li. China's Top 10 Optical Breakthroughs: Antichiral Topological Photonic States (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(15): 1500001

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    Category: Reviews

    Received: Nov. 6, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 11, 2023

    Published Online: Apr. 3, 2024

    The Author Email: Jianfeng Chen (jfchen@nus.edu.sg), Zhiyuan Li (phzyli@scut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP232436

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP232436

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