Polariton condensates for classical and quantum computing

A Kavokin, TCH Liew, C Schneider… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Polariton lasers emit coherent monochromatic light through a spontaneous emission
process. As a rare example of a system in which Bose–Einstein condensation and …

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 …

A programmable topological photonic chip

T Dai, A Ma, J Mao, Y Ao, X Jia, Y Zheng, C Zhai… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Controlling topological phases of light allows the observation of abundant topological
phenomena and the development of robust photonic devices. The prospect of more …

Non-Hermitian morphing of topological modes

W Wang, X Wang, G Ma - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Topological modes (TMs) are usually localized at defects or boundaries of a much larger
topological lattice,. Recent studies of non-Hermitian band theories unveiled the non …

Observation of strong backscattering in valley-Hall photonic topological interface modes

CA Rosiek, G Arregui, A Vladimirova, M Albrechtsen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The unique properties of light underpin the visions of photonic quantum technologies,
optical interconnects and a wide range of novel sensors, but a key limiting factor today is …

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 …

Floquet metamaterials

S Yin, E Galiffi, A Alù - ELight, 2022 - Springer
Recent progress in nanophotonics and material science has inspired a strong interest in
optically-induced material dynamics, opening new research directions in the distinct fields of …

Electrically pumped topological laser with valley edge modes

Y Zeng, U Chattopadhyay, B Zhu, B Qiang, J Li, Y **… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Quantum cascade lasers are compact, electrically pumped light sources in the
technologically important mid-infrared and terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum …

[HTML][HTML] 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 phases in acoustic and mechanical systems

G Ma, M **ao, CT Chan - Nature Reviews Physics, 2019 - nature.com
The study of classical wave physics has been reinvigorated by incorporating the concept of
the geometric phase, which has its roots in optics, and topological notions that were …