A codimension-1 Chern-Simons interface in vacuum Maxwell theory supports a gapless chiral surface photon with linear dispersion and frequency-independent refractive index set by the Chern-Simons coefficient.
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Chiral Electromagnetic Surface Waves on Chern-Simons Interfaces
A codimension-1 Chern-Simons interface in vacuum Maxwell theory supports a gapless chiral surface photon with linear dispersion and frequency-independent refractive index set by the Chern-Simons coefficient.