Supertoroidal light pulses as electromagnetic skyrmions propagating in free space

Yijie Shen; Yaonan Hou; Nikitas Papasimakis; Nikolay I. Zheludev

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26037-w

Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Supertoroidal light pulses as electromagnetic skyrmions propagating in free space

Yijie Shen,
Yaonan Hou,
Nikitas Papasimakis,
Nikolay I. Zheludev

Affiliations

Yijie Shen: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton
Yaonan Hou: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton
Nikitas Papasimakis: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton
Nikolay I. Zheludev: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26037-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Topology in electromagnetic fields can lead to a range of intriguing and unexpected phenomena. Here the authors describe a family of supertoroidal light pulses that exhibit skyrmionic topological structure flying in free space.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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