Exceptional points and non-Hermitian photonics at the nanoscale

A Li, H Wei, M Cotrufo, W Chen, S Mann, X Ni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Exceptional points (EPs) arising in non-Hermitian systems have led to a variety of intriguing
wave phenomena, and have been attracting increased interest in various physical platforms …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Phototunable chip-scale topological photonics: 160 Gbps waveguide and demultiplexer for THz 6G communication

A Kumar, M Gupta, P Pitchappa, N Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The revolutionary 5G cellular systems represent a breakthrough in the communication
network design to provide a single platform for enabling enhanced broadband …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

A second wave of topological phenomena in photonics and acoustics

X Zhang, F Zangeneh-Nejad, ZG Chen, MH Lu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Light and sound are the most ubiquitous forms of waves, associated with a variety of
phenomena and physical effects such as rainbows and echoes. Light and sound, both …

Exceptional topology of non-Hermitian systems

EJ Bergholtz, JC Budich, FK Kunst - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
The current understanding of the role of topology in non-Hermitian (NH) systems and its far-
reaching physical consequences observable in a range of dissipative settings are reviewed …

Topological origin of non-Hermitian skin effects

N Okuma, K Kawabata, K Shiozaki, M Sato - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
A unique feature of non-Hermitian systems is the skin effect, which is the extreme sensitivity
to the boundary conditions. Here, we reveal that the skin effect originates from intrinsic non …

Topological-cavity surface-emitting laser

L Yang, G Li, X Gao, L Lu - Nature Photonics, 2022 - nature.com
Output power and beam quality are the two main bottlenecks for semiconductor lasers—the
favourite light sources in countless applications because of their compactness, high …