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Photonic fractals open a new area of topological physics

14 Jul 2022 Charly Leblanc 
Fractal lattice
Topological breakthrough: illustration of the 3D Sierpinski lattice. (Courtesy: Charly Leblanc)
Topological insulators for light have been created using fractal patterns instead of conventional la

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