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 …

Topological metamaterials

X Ni, S Yves, A Krasnok, A Alu - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The topological properties of an object, associated with an integer called the topological
invariant, are global features that cannot change continuously but only through abrupt …

[HTML][HTML] A brief review of topological photonics in one, two, and three dimensions

Z Lan, MLN Chen, F Gao, S Zhang, EI Wei - Reviews in Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Topological photonics has attracted increasing attention in recent years due to the unique
opportunities it provides to manipulate light in a robust way immune to disorder and defects …

Topological sensor on a silicon chip

A Kumar, M Gupta, P Pitchappa, YJ Tan… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
An ultrasensitive photonic sensor is vital for sensing matter with absolute specificity. High
specificity terahertz photonic sensors are essential in many fields, including medical …

Broadband and fabrication-tolerant 3-dB couplers with topological valley edge modes

GJ Tang, XD Chen, L Sun, CH Guo, MY Li… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
dB couplers, which are commonly used in photonic integrated circuits for on-chip information
processing, precision measurement, and quantum computing, face challenges in achieving …

On-chip topological THz biosensors

N Navaratna, YJ Tan, A Kumar, M Gupta… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
On-chip terahertz (THz) biosensors have enormous potential in advancing the development
of integrable devices for real-time, label-free, and noninvasive detection of proteins, DNA …

Topological metasurface: From passive toward active and beyond

JW You, Z Lan, Q Ma, Z Gao, Y Yang, F Gao… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Metasurfaces are subwavelength structured thin films consisting of arrays of units that allow
the control of polarization, phase, and amplitude of light over a subwavelength thickness …

Topological photonics: robustness and beyond

AB Khanikaev, A Alù - nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic optical materials have been recently employed as a powerful platform for the
emulation of topological phenomena in wave physics. Topological phases offer exciting …

Topological quantum devices: a review

KH **, W Jiang, G Sethi, F Liu - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The introduction of the concept of topology into condensed matter physics has greatly
deepened our fundamental understanding of transport properties of electrons as well as all …

Inverse design of photonic and phononic topological insulators: a review

Y Chen, Z Lan, Z Su, J Zhu - Nanophotonics, 2022 - degruyter.com
Photonic and phononic topological insulators (TIs) offer numerous opportunities for
manipulating light and sound with high efficiency and resiliency. On the other hand, inverse …