Team develops first photonic topological insulators to protect transport of light

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 18:30 in Physics & Chemistry

(Phys.org) —Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and successfully demonstrated a photonic Floquet topological insulator, a new device used to protect the transport of light through a unique, lattice of 'waveguides.' The advancement may play a key role in the photonics industry. A description is published in the current issue of Nature.

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