The ideal material for nanophotonic applications will have a large refractive index at optical
frequencies, respond to both the electric and magnetic fields of light, support large optical …

Metamaterials with a Dirac-like cone dispersion at the center of the Brillouin zone behave
like an isotropic and impedance-matched zero refractive index material at the Dirac-point …

Abstract Epsilon‐near‐zero (ENZ) photonics is the study of light–matter interactions in the
presence of structures with near‐zero permittivity and has been emerging as an important …

The current understanding of topological insulators and their classical wave analogs, such
as photonic topological insulators, is mainly based on topological band theory. However …

The exploration of the binary valley degree of freedom in topological photonic systems has
inspired many intriguing optical phenomena such as the photonic Hall effect, robust delay …

This paper seeks to progress the field of topological photonic crystals (TPC) as a promising
tool in face of construction flaws. In particular, the structure can be used as a novel …

As a basic building block, optical resonant cavities (ORCs) are widely used in light
manipulation. They can confine electromagnetic waves and improve the interaction between …

We report the observation of polarization singularities in momentum space of 2D photonic
quasicrystal slabs. Supercell approximation and band-unfolding approach are applied to …

A two-dimensional Stampfli-triangle photonic crystal (2D ST PC), which arranges the basic
structural unit of a Stampfli-type photonic quasicrystal (PQC) in a triangular lattice, is …

The topological edge mode, which exists at the interface of a one-dimensional (1D)
topological photonic crystal (PhC) heterostructure, provides the possibility to realize perfect …