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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies

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Members of the team that implemented the "lightwave one-way road"; front row: John Joannopoulos (right) and Marin Soljačić; back row: Zheng Wang (right) and Yidong Chong. The screen in the background shows a theoretical simulation of the experimental system. The top panel shows propagation of the light (from right to left) in the topological waveguide without an obstruction. The bottom panel shows behavior in the presence of a large obstacle: light effortlessly flows around the obstacle, without any reflections.

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Franklin EW Hadley

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