Insulator-free topological photonic multi-lane highways.

Xiaohan Cui, Ruo-Yang Zhang, Mudi Wang, Zi-Xuan Gao, Xiao-Dong Chen, Zhao-Qing Zhang, Yun Lai, C T Chan

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Xiaohan Cui *State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. cuixiaohan@seu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2618-4509

Ruo-Yang Zhang *National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. zhangruoyang@nju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3567-0499

Mudi WangKey Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nanostructures of Ministry of Education and School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0644-1507

Zi-Xuan GaoSchool of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Xiao-Dong ChenSchool of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8698-0609

Zhao-Qing ZhangDepartment of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Optical Quantum Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, China.

Yun LaiNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0040-9274

C T ChanDepartment of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Optical Quantum Materials, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, China. phchan@ust.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9335-8110

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Abstract

Topological protection in photonic structures enables robust unidirectional propagation immune to structural disorder

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PMID42486988

DOI10.1038/s41586-026-10817-9

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