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] A brief review of topological photonics in one, two, and three dimensions

Z Lan, MLN Chen, F Gao, S Zhang, EI Wei - Reviews in Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Topological photonics has attracted increasing attention in recent years due to the unique
opportunities it provides to manipulate light in a robust way immune to disorder and defects …

Terahertz topological photonics for on-chip communication

Y Yang, Y Yamagami, X Yu, P Pitchappa, J Webber… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The realization of integrated, low-cost and efficient solutions for high-speed, on-chip
communication requires terahertz-frequency waveguides and has great potential for …

Robust topologically protected transport in photonic crystals at telecommunication wavelengths

MI Shalaev, W Walasik, A Tsukernik, Y Xu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Photonic topological insulators offer the possibility to eliminate backscattering losses and
improve the efficiency of optical communication systems. Despite considerable efforts, a …

A topological quantum optics interface

S Barik, A Karasahin, C Flower, T Cai, H Miyake… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The application of topology in optics has led to a new paradigm in developing photonic
devices with robust properties against disorder. Although considerable progress on …

A high-performance topological bulk laser based on band-inversion-induced reflection

ZK Shao, HZ Chen, S Wang, XR Mao, ZQ Yang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Topological insulators are materials that behave as insulators in the bulk and as conductors
at the edge or surface due to the particular configuration of their bulk band dispersion …

Generation of helical topological exciton-polaritons

W Liu, Z Ji, Y Wang, G Modi, M Hwang, B Zheng… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Topological photonics in strongly coupled light-matter systems offer the possibility for
fabricating tunable optical devices that are robust against disorder and defects. Topological …

Visualization of a unidirectional electromagnetic waveguide using topological photonic crystals made of dielectric materials

Y Yang, YF Xu, T Xu, HX Wang, JH Jiang, X Hu… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We demonstrate experimentally that a photonic crystal made of Al 2 O 3 cylinders exhibits
topological time-reversal symmetric electromagnetic propagation, similar to the quantum …

Direct observation of valley-polarized topological edge states in designer surface plasmon crystals

X Wu, Y Meng, J Tian, Y Huang, H Xiang, D Han… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The extensive research of two-dimensional layered materials has revealed that valleys, as
energy extrema in momentum space, could offer a new degree of freedom for carrying …

Active Ultrahigh‐Q (0.2 × 106) THz Topological Cavities on a Chip

A Kumar, M Gupta, P Pitchappa, TC Tan… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid scaling of semiconductor devices has led to an increase in the number of processor
cores and integrated functionalities onto a single chip to support the growing demands of …