Topological acoustics

H Xue, Y Yang, B Zhang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Topological acoustics is an emerging field that lies at the intersection of condensed matter
physics, mechanical structural design and acoustics engineering. It explores the design and …

Applications of bound states in the continuum in photonics

M Kang, T Liu, CT Chan, M Xiao - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have attracted attention in photonics owing to their
interesting properties. For example, BICs can effectively confine light in a counterintuitive …

Analogue computing with metamaterials

F Zangeneh-Nejad, DL Sounas, A Alù… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite their widespread use for performing advanced computational tasks, digital signal
processors suffer from several restrictions, including low speed, high power consumption …

Topological metamaterials

X Ni, S Yves, A Krasnok, A Alu - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The topological properties of an object, associated with an integer called the topological
invariant, are global features that cannot change continuously but only through abrupt …

Topological phononic metamaterials

W Zhu, W Deng, Y Liu, J Lu, HX Wang… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The concept of topological energy bands and their manifestations have been demonstrated
in condensed matter systems as a fantastic paradigm toward unprecedented physical …

Fano resonance for applications

MF Limonov - Advances in optics and photonics, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Fano resonance is a universal phenomenon observed in many areas where wave
propagation and interference are possible. Fano resonance arises from the interference of …

Topological sensor on a silicon chip

A Kumar, M Gupta, P Pitchappa, YJ Tan… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
An ultrasensitive photonic sensor is vital for sensing matter with absolute specificity. High
specificity terahertz photonic sensors are essential in many fields, including medical …

Realization of an acoustic third-order topological insulator

H Xue, Y Yang, G Liu, F Gao, Y Chong, B Zhang - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
The recent discovery of higher-order topological insulators (TIs) has opened new
possibilities in the search for novel topological materials and metamaterials. Second-order …

Metasurface engineering through bound states in the continuum

AS Kupriianov, Y Xu, A Sayanskiy, V Dmitriev… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
Metasurfaces have attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to the alternative methods
they provide for the efficient wavefront control and engineering of resonant transmission. We …

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F Zangeneh-Nejad, R Fleury - Reviews in Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
Initially proposed to achieve strong noise isolation levels beyond the mass-density law,
acoustic metamaterials (AMMs) have now overturned the conventional views in all aspects …