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In the early 1960s, inspired by developing notions of topological structure, Tony Skyrme suggested that sub-atomic particles be described as natural excitations of a single quantum field. Although never adopted for its intended purpose, the notion of a skyrmion as a topologically stable field configuration has proven highly versatile, finding application in condensed matter physics, acoustics and more recently optics. A recent trend in structured light is to imbue optical fields with such a topology, promising a topological alphabet that is robust to noise. Using examples from classical and quantum optics, I will highlight the recent progress made in this field and the exciting future prospects. In particular, I will outline the deep connection between entanglement and topology, and how this may be harnessed for the digitization of quantum information.
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| If you are not the presenting author, please give the presenting author's name: | Andrew Forbes |