Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Photonic crystals possessing multiple Weyl points and the experimental observation of robust surface states

  • Wen-Jie Chen,
  • Meng Xiao,
  • C. T. Chan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13038
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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To realize Weyl points carrying topological charges higher than one is challenging. Here, Chen et al. report a photonic crystal possessing single and multiple Weyl points with topological charges of two and three using planar fabrication technology.