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 …

Non-hermitian physics

Y Ashida, Z Gong, M Ueda - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A review is given on the foundations and applications of non-Hermitian classical and
quantum physics. First, key theorems and central concepts in non-Hermitian linear algebra …

Broadband mid-infrared non-reciprocal absorption using magnetized gradient epsilon-near-zero thin films

M Liu, S **a, W Wan, J Qin, H Li, C Zhao, L Bi… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
The study of magneto-optical absorption has stimulated diverse energy-technology-related
explorations, showing potential in breaking the current theoretical efficiency limits of energy …

Exceptional topology of non-Hermitian systems

EJ Bergholtz, JC Budich, FK Kunst - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
The current understanding of the role of topology in non-Hermitian (NH) systems and its far-
reaching physical consequences observable in a range of dissipative settings are reviewed …

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 …

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 …

Nonlinear topological photonics

D Smirnova, D Leykam, Y Chong… - Applied Physics Reviews, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Rapidly growing demands for fast information processing have launched a race for creating
compact and highly efficient optical devices that can reliably transmit signals without losses …

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 …

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 …

Non-Hermitian and topological photonics: optics at an exceptional point

M Parto, YGN Liu, B Bahari, M Khajavikhan… - …, 2020 - degruyter.com
In the past few years, concepts from non-Hermitian (NH) physics, originally developed within
the context of quantum field theories, have been successfully deployed over a wide range of …