Experimental demonstration of topological effects in bianisotropic metamaterials
Existence of robust edge states at interfaces of topologically dissimilar systems is one of the most fascinating manifestations of a novel nontrivial state of matter, a topological insulator. Such nontrivial states were originally predicted and discovered in condensed matter physics, but they find t...
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pubmed-47762412016-03-09 Experimental demonstration of topological effects in bianisotropic metamaterials Slobozhanyuk, Alexey P. Khanikaev, Alexander B. Filonov, Dmitry S. Smirnova, Daria A. Miroshnichenko, Andrey E. Kivshar, Yuri S. Article Existence of robust edge states at interfaces of topologically dissimilar systems is one of the most fascinating manifestations of a novel nontrivial state of matter, a topological insulator. Such nontrivial states were originally predicted and discovered in condensed matter physics, but they find their counterparts in other fields of physics, including the physics of classical waves and electromagnetism. Here, we present the first experimental realization of a topological insulator for electromagnetic waves based on engineered bianisotropic metamaterials. By employing the near-field scanning technique, we demonstrate experimentally the topologically robust propagation of electromagnetic waves around sharp corners without backscattering effects. Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4776241/ /pubmed/26936219 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep22270 Text en Copyright © 2016, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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Slobozhanyuk, Alexey P. Khanikaev, Alexander B. Filonov, Dmitry S. Smirnova, Daria A. Miroshnichenko, Andrey E. Kivshar, Yuri S. Experimental demonstration of topological effects in bianisotropic metamaterials |
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Slobozhanyuk, Alexey P. Khanikaev, Alexander B. Filonov, Dmitry S. Smirnova, Daria A. Miroshnichenko, Andrey E. Kivshar, Yuri S. |
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Experimental demonstration of topological effects in bianisotropic metamaterials |
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Experimental demonstration of topological effects in bianisotropic metamaterials |
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Existence of robust edge states at interfaces of topologically dissimilar systems is one of the most fascinating manifestations of a novel nontrivial state of matter, a topological insulator. Such nontrivial states were originally predicted and discovered in condensed matter physics, but they find their counterparts in other fields of physics, including the physics of classical waves and electromagnetism. Here, we present the first experimental realization of a topological insulator for electromagnetic waves based on engineered bianisotropic metamaterials. By employing the near-field scanning technique, we demonstrate experimentally the topologically robust propagation of electromagnetic waves around sharp corners without backscattering effects. |
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