Figure 1 Topological structure of toron (IMAGE)

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Figure 1 Topological structure of toron

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Figure 1 | Topological structure of toron. The isospin fibration structure of a photonic toron emerges from a red monopole, spirals through space, and vanishes into a blue antimonopole (left), with a structure similar to a rainbow pinwheel.

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H. Wu, N. Mata-Cevera et al.

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