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

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 …

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 …

Exceptional points in optics and photonics

MA Miri, A Alu - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Singularities are critical points for which the behavior of a mathematical
model governing a physical system is of a fundamentally different nature compared to the …

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 …

Strongly correlated electron–photon systems

J Bloch, A Cavalleri, V Galitski, M Hafezi, A Rubio - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
An important goal of modern condensed-matter physics involves the search for states of
matter with emergent properties and desirable functionalities. Although the tools for material …

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 …

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 …