Gil Refael and IQIM Postdocs Torsten Karzig, Charles-Edouard Bardyn, and former postdoc Netanel H. Lindner describe a topological polarition, or “topolariton” in a Physics Rev X paper. The topolariton is a hybrid half-light, half-matter quasiparticle that has special topological properties and might be used in devices to transport light in one direction. Read more in the Caltech Media story or the Physics Synopsis: Meet the Topolariton
Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, a National Science Foundation Physics Frontiers Center
