Skyrmions are topologically stable quasiparticles that have been predicted and
demonstrated in quantum fields, solid-state physics and magnetic materials, but only …

Optical Skyrmions have many important properties that make them ideal units for high-
density data applications, including the ability to carry digital information through a discrete …

The skyrmion number of paraxial optical skyrmions can be defined solely via their
polarization singularities and associated winding numbers, using a mathematical derivation …

Optical skyrmions formed in terms of polarization are topological quasi-particles, and they
have garnered much interest in the optical community owing to their unique inhomogeneous …

Optical skyrmions are quasiparticles with nontrivial topological textures that have significant
potential in optical information processing, transmission, and storage. Here, we theoretically …

Vector light beams, characterized by a spatially varying polarization, can exhibit localized
structures reminiscent of the skyrmions familiar from the study of magnetic media. We …

The decline of Moore's law coupled with the growing dominance of artificial intelligence has
recently motivated research into photonic computing as a high-bandwidth, low-power …

Skyrmionic hopfions are three-dimensional quasiparticles discovered in liquid crystals and
magnetic materials. Analogous optical hopfions have been studied theoretically and …

We investigate the transmission of vector beams, correlated in their polarization and spatial
degrees of freedom, through cold atoms in the presence of a transverse magnetic coupling …

Optical skyrmions are topologically stable quasiparticles that can be constructed with electric
field, spin angular momentum, polarization Stokes vector, pseudospin, etc. In this letter, both …