Phononic crystals (PnCs) control the transport of sound and heat similar to the control of
electric currents by semiconductors and metals or light by photonic crystals. Basic and …

The field of cavity optomechanics is reviewed. This field explores the interaction between
electromagnetic radiation and nanomechanical or micromechanical motion. This review …

Arrays of optically trapped nanoparticles have emerged as a platform for the study of
complex nonequilibrium phenomena. Analogous to atomic many-body systems, one of the …

The phonon is the physical particle representing mechanical vibration and is responsible for
the transmission of everyday sound and heat. Understanding and controlling the phononic …

The ability to control the motion of mechanical systems through interaction with light has
opened the door to a plethora of applications in fundamental and applied physics. With …

Recently, emerging phonon phenomena have been discovered and rapidly developed,
which have become an active hot research topic. In this review article, we present state-of …

The synchronization of coupled oscillators is a fascinating manifestation of self-organization
that nature uses to orchestrate essential processes of life, such as the beating of the heart …

Topological states of matter are particularly robust, since they exploit global features of a
material's band structure. Topological states have already been observed for electrons …

Synchronization and frequency locking between remote mechanical oscillators are of
scientific and technological importance. The key challenges are to align the oscillation …

The simultaneous ground-state cooling of multiple degenerate or near-degenerate
mechanical modes coupled to a common cavity-field mode has become an outstanding …