Home News Colloquia colloquien_SS_2016 Archiv colloquium series summer term 2016 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mikael Rechtsman, Penn State University, USA Aspects of Topological Photonics (Prof. M. Rechtsman) Date: May 17, 2016 Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mikael Rechtsman, Penn State University, USA Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall Host: MPQ The beauty of topological materials is that their electronic properties can be essentially described by integer topological invariants associated with their band structures. [more]