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ArticleNature communications2021

Reprogrammable plasmonic topological insulators with ultrafast control.

Jian Wei You, Qian Ma, Zhihao Lan, Qiang Xiao, Nicolae C Panoiu, Tie Jun Cui

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Jian Wei You *Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5761-9507
Qian Ma *State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4662-8667
Zhihao LanDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1322-5925
Qiang XiaoState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Nicolae C PanoiuDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, UK. n.panoiu@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5666-2116
Tie Jun CuiState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. tjcui@seu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5862-1497

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Topological photonics has revolutionized our understanding of light propagation, providing a robust way to manipulate light. So far, most of studies in this field are focused on designing a static photonic structure. Developing a dynamic photonic topological platform to switch multiple topological functionalities at ultrafast speed is still a great challenge. Here we theoretically propose and experimentally demonstrate a reprogrammable plasmonic topological insulator, where the topological propagation route can be dynamically changed at nanosecond-level switching time, leading to an experimental demonstration of ultrafast multi-channel optical analog-digital converter. Due to the innovative use of electric switches to implement the programmability of plasmonic topological insulator, each unit cell can be encoded by dynamically controlling its digital plasmonic states while keeping its geometry and material parameters unchanged. Our reprogrammable topological plasmonic platform is fabricated by the printed circuit board technology, making it much more compatible with integrated photoelectric systems. Furthermore, due to its flexible programmability, many photonic topological functionalities can be integrated into this versatile topological platform.

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