Transition of Photonic Lattices from Crystalline to Glass-Like to Liquid-Like Phases (IMAGE)

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Transition of Photonic Lattices from Crystalline to Glass-Like to Liquid-Like Phases

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a-b, Particle patterns a and the corresponding photonic lattices b with different structural correlations. The crystalline lattice possesses both long-rang and short-range order; the glass-like lattices have strong short-range order; the liquid-like lattice yields weak short-range order. c, Pair correlation function g(r) for the different lattices which quantifies structural correlation. d, Localization lengths (black curves) and transmissions (red curves) for the photonic lattices. The orange regions indicate the frequency windows in which topological edge states can be observed.

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by Peiheng Zhou, Xin Ren, Yihao Yang, Haoran Xue, Lei Bi, Longjiang Deng, Yidong Chong, and Baile Zhang

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