Monday, February 4, 2019

Physicists uncover the topological origin of surface electromagnetic waves

In work that provides insights for several areas of wave physics -- Maxwell electromagnetism, topological quantum states, and plasmonics/metamaterials -- scientists showed that the well-known surface electromagnetic waves at interfaces between homogeneous isotropic media, obtained within classical Maxwell's electromagnetism, also have a purely topological origin, similar to quantum topological states.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2MSSoxy

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