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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Topolectrical-circuit realization of topological corner modes

S Imhof, C Berger, F Bayer, J Brehm, LW Molenkamp… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Quantized electric quadrupole insulators have recently been proposed as novel quantum
states of matter in two spatial dimensions. Gapped otherwise, they can feature zero …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Observation of higher-order topological acoustic states protected by generalized chiral symmetry

X Ni, M Weiner, A Alu, AB Khanikaev - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Topological systems are inherently robust to disorder and continuous perturbations,
resulting in dissipation-free edge transport of electrons in quantum solids, or reflectionless …