A square-root topological insulator with non-quantized indices realized with photonic Aharonov-Bohm cages

Topological insulators are characterized by quantized topological invariants. Here, the authors report an insulator state showing spectral bands without quantized indices, yet robust boundary states in a photonic setup.

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Main Authors: Mark Kremer, Ioannis Petrides, Eric Meyer, Matthias Heinrich, Oded Zilberberg, Alexander Szameit
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/24f93b7118f248ef867853a67ad1dabc
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