Topological magnetoplasmon

Dafei Jin; Ling Lu; Zhong Wang; Chen Fang; John D. Joannopoulos; Marin Soljačić; Liang Fu; Nicholas X. Fang

doi:10.1038/ncomms13486

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Topological magnetoplasmon

Dafei Jin,
Ling Lu,
Zhong Wang,
Chen Fang,
John D. Joannopoulos,
Marin Soljačić,
Liang Fu,
Nicholas X. Fang

Affiliations

Dafei Jin: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ling Lu: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics
Zhong Wang: Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University
Chen Fang: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics
John D. Joannopoulos: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marin Soljačić: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Liang Fu: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nicholas X. Fang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13486
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The two dimensional magnetoplasmon edge state has been observed for a long time, but its nature is yet to be uncovered. Here, Jin et al. report that such a state is actually topological protected, analogous to the chiral Majorana edge state in a p-wave topological superconductor.

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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