Observation of edge solitons in photonic graphene

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1902 - 7
• Main Authors: Zhang, Zhaoyang, Wang, Rong, Zhang, Yiqi, Kartashov, Yaroslav V., Li, Feng, Zhong, Hua, Guan, Hua, Gao, Kelin, Li, Fuli, Zhang, Yanpeng, Xiao, Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 20.04.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/624/400/1100; 639/624/400/1118; Acoustics; Electronic devices; Graphene; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Nonlinear response; Nonlinear systems; Nonlinearity; Optoelectronic devices; Photonics; Reconfiguration; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Solitary waves; Sound propagation; Stability

Edge states emerge in diverse areas of science, offering promising opportunities for the development of future electronic or optoelectronic devices, sound and light propagation control in acoustics and photonics. Previous experiments on edge states in photonics were carried out mostly in linear regi...