Higher-order band topology

B ** and topology
R Citro, M Aidelsburger - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Thouless pum** provides one of the simplest manifestations of topology in quantum
systems and has attracted a lot of recent interest, both theoretically and experimentally …

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 …

Observation of hybrid higher-order skin-topological effect in non-Hermitian topolectrical circuits

D Zou, T Chen, W He, J Bao, CH Lee, H Sun… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Robust boundary states epitomize how deep physics can give rise to concrete experimental
signatures with technological promise. Of late, much attention has focused on two distinct …

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 …

Observation of higher-order non-Hermitian skin effect

X Zhang, Y Tian, JH Jiang, MH Lu, YF Chen - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Beyond the scope of Hermitian physics, non-Hermiticity fundamentally changes the
topological band theory, leading to interesting phenomena, eg, non-Hermitian skin effect, as …

Recent advances in 2D, 3D and higher-order topological photonics

M Kim, Z Jacob, J Rho - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
Over the past decade, topology has emerged as a major branch in broad areas of physics,
from atomic lattices to condensed matter. In particular, topology has received significant …

Vortex nanolaser based on a photonic disclination cavity

MS Hwang, HR Kim, J Kim, BJ Yang, Y Kivshar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Optical vector vortex beams provide additional degrees of freedom for spatially
distinguishable channels in data transmission. Although several coherent light sources …

Nonlinear second-order photonic topological insulators

MS Kirsch, Y Zhang, M Kremer, LJ Maczewsky… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Higher-order topological insulators are a novel topological phase beyond the framework of
conventional bulk–boundary correspondence,. In these peculiar systems, the topologically …

Discrete nonlinear topological photonics

A Szameit, MC Rechtsman - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Topological materials, whether in solid state, photonic or acoustic systems, or other
domains, are characterized by bulk topological invariants that remain unchanged as long as …