Weyl and Dirac semimetals in three-dimensional solids

NP Armitage, EJ Mele, A Vishwanath - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2018 - APS
Weyl and Dirac semimetals are three-dimensional phases of matter with gapless electronic
excitations that are protected by topology and symmetry. As three-dimensional analogs of …

Non-Hermitian physics and PT symmetry

R El-Ganainy, KG Makris, M Khajavikhan… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
In recent years, notions drawn from non-Hermitian physics and parity–time (PT) symmetry
have attracted considerable attention. In particular, the realization that the interplay between …

Topological phases of non-Hermitian systems

Z Gong, Y Ashida, K Kawabata, K Takasan… - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
While Hermiticity lies at the heart of quantum mechanics, recent experimental advances in
controlling dissipation have brought about unprecedented flexibility in engineering non …

Classification of topological quantum matter with symmetries

CK Chiu, JCY Teo, AP Schnyder, S Ryu - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
Topological materials have become the focus of intense research in recent years, since they
exhibit fundamentally new physical phenomena with potential applications for novel devices …

Topological insulator laser: Experiments

MA Bandres, S Wittek, G Harari, M Parto, J Ren… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Physical systems that exhibit topological invariants are naturally endowed
with robustness against perturbations, as was recently demonstrated in many settings in …

Photonic Floquet topological insulators

MC Rechtsman, JM Zeuner, Y Plotnik, Y Lumer… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Topological insulators are a new phase of matter, with the striking property that conduction
of electrons occurs only on their surfaces,,. In two dimensions, electrons on the surface of a …

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 …

Nonreciprocity in acoustic and elastic materials

H Nassar, B Yousefzadeh, R Fleury… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The law of reciprocity in acoustics and elastodynamics codifies a relation of symmetry
between action and reaction in fluids and solids. In its simplest form, it states that the …

Highlighting photonics: looking into the next decade

Z Chen, M Segev - ELight, 2021 - Springer
Let there be light–to change the world we want to be! Over the past several decades, and
ever since the birth of the first laser, mankind has witnessed the development of the science …

Topological photonics

T Ozawa, HM Price, A Amo, N Goldman, M Hafezi… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019 - APS
Topological photonics is a rapidly emerging field of research in which geometrical and
topological ideas are exploited to design and control the behavior of light. Drawing …