Revealing topology with transformation optics

Lizhen Lu; Kun Ding; Emanuele Galiffi; Xikui Ma; Tianyu Dong; J. B. Pendry

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27008-x

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Revealing topology with transformation optics

Lizhen Lu,
Kun Ding,
Emanuele Galiffi,
Xikui Ma,
Tianyu Dong,
J. B. Pendry

Affiliations

Lizhen Lu: State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Kun Ding: The Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
Emanuele Galiffi: The Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
Xikui Ma: State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Tianyu Dong: State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
J. B. Pendry: The Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27008-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Visualizing and studying topological features is becoming crucial to develop new generation topological systems. Here the authors provide the theoretical and numerical demonstration of the potential of transformation optics connecting the virtual space to the physical space of lower dimension via conformal mapping.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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