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Topological concepts have been demonstrated in microwave photonic systems but laser-written waveguides show the way to topological physics for light at optical frequencies.

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Figure 1: Type-II Weyl points and Fermi arcs.

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  1. Alexander B. Khanikaev is in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA, and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, USA,

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Khanikaev, A. Come to light. Nature Phys 13, 532–533 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4123

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