Topological metasurface: From passive toward active and beyond

JW You, Z Lan, Q Ma, Z Gao, Y Yang, F Gao… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Metasurfaces are subwavelength structured thin films consisting of arrays of units that allow
the control of polarization, phase, and amplitude of light over a subwavelength thickness …

Non-Hermitian topological photonics

H Nasari, GG Pyrialakos, DN Christodoulides… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Recent years have witnessed a flurry of research activities in topological photonics,
predominantly driven by the prospect for topological protection–a property that endows such …

Roadmap on topological photonics

H Price, Y Chong, A Khanikaev… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Topological photonics seeks to control the behaviour of the light through the design of
protected topological modes in photonic structures. While this approach originated from …

Topological insulator vertical-cavity laser array

A Dikopoltsev, TH Harder, E Lustig, OA Egorov… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Topological insulator lasers are arrays of semiconductor lasers that exploit fundamental
features of topology to force all emitters to act as a single coherent laser. In this study, we …

Diffusive topological transport in spatiotemporal thermal lattices

G Xu, Y Yang, X Zhou, H Chen, A Alu, CW Qiu - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Topological phases have been studied in photonic, acoustic and phononic metamaterials,
promising a range of applications. Such topological modes usually stem from collective …

Photonic Majorana quantum cascade laser with polarization-winding emission

S Han, Y Chua, Y Zeng, B Zhu, C Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Topological cavities, whose modes are protected against perturbations, are promising
candidates for novel semiconductor laser devices. To date, there have been several …

Electrically-pumped compact topological bulk lasers driven by band-inverted bound states in the continuum

S Han, J Cui, Y Chua, Y Zeng, L Hu, M Dai… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
One of the most exciting breakthroughs in physics is the concept of topology that was
recently introduced to photonics, achieving robust functionalities, as manifested in the …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces

SA Schulz, R Oulton, M Kenney, A Alù, I Staude… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Here we present a roadmap on Photonic metasurfaces. This document consists of a number
of perspective articles on different applications, challenge areas or technologies underlying …

Recent developments of electrically pumped nanolasers

K Ren, C Li, Z Fang, F Feng - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrically pumped nanolasers have achieved many exciting achievements and display a
wide range of potential application prospects in the fields of optoelectronic chips, information …

[HTML][HTML] Topological on-chip lasers

Z Li, XW Luo, Q Gu - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A miniature on-chip laser is an essential component of photonic integrated circuits for a
plethora of applications, including optical communication and quantum information …