Topological photonic crystals: physics, designs, and applications

GJ Tang, XT He, FL Shi, JW Liu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research in topological photonics has not only proposed and realized novel
topological phenomena such as one‐way broadband propagation and robust transport of …

Two-dimensional topological photonics

AB Khanikaev, G Shvets - Nature photonics, 2017 - nature.com
Originating from the studies of two-dimensional condensed-matter states, the concept of
topological order has recently been expanded to other fields of physics and engineering …

Topological insulator laser: Theory

G Harari, MA Bandres, Y Lumer, MC Rechtsman… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Topological insulators emerged in condensed matter physics and
constitute a new phase of matter, with insulating bulk and robust edge conductance that is …

Robust topologically protected transport in photonic crystals at telecommunication wavelengths

MI Shalaev, W Walasik, A Tsukernik, Y Xu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Photonic topological insulators offer the possibility to eliminate backscattering losses and
improve the efficiency of optical communication systems. Despite considerable efforts, a …

Lasing in topological edge states of a one-dimensional lattice

P St-Jean, V Goblot, E Galopin, A Lemaître, T Ozawa… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Topology describes properties that remain unaffected by smooth distortions. Its main
hallmark is the emergence of edge states localized at the boundary between regions …

Topological hybrid silicon microlasers

H Zhao, P Miao, MH Teimourpour, S Malzard… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Topological physics provides a robust framework for strategically controlling wave
confinement and propagation dynamics. However, current implementations have been …

Recent advances in the spin Hall effect of light

X Ling, X Zhou, K Huang, Y Liu, CW Qiu… - Reports on Progress …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The spin Hall effect (SHE) of light, as an analogue of the SHE in electronic systems, is a
promising candidate for investigating the SHE in semiconductor spintronics/valleytronics …

Terahertz topological photonic integrated circuits for 6G and beyond: A Perspective

A Kumar, M Gupta, P Pitchappa, N Wang… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The development of terahertz integrated circuits is vital for realizing sixth-generation (6G)
wireless communication, high-speed on-chip interconnects, high-resolution imaging, on …

Robust reconfigurable electromagnetic pathways within a photonic topological insulator

X Cheng, C Jouvaud, X Ni, SH Mousavi, AZ Genack… - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
The discovery of topological photonic states has revolutionized our understanding of
electromagnetic propagation and scattering. Endowed with topological robustness, photonic …

Keldysh field theory for driven open quantum systems

LM Sieberer, M Buchhold, S Diehl - Reports on Progress in …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent experimental developments in diverse areas—ranging from cold atomic gases to
light-driven semiconductors to microcavity arrays—move systems into the focus which are …