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 …

Recent advances in 2D, 3D and higher-order topological photonics

M Kim, Z Jacob, J Rho - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
Over the past decade, topology has emerged as a major branch in broad areas of physics,
from atomic lattices to condensed matter. In particular, topology has received significant …

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 …

Nonlinear topological photonics

D Smirnova, D Leykam, Y Chong… - Applied Physics Reviews, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Rapidly growing demands for fast information processing have launched a race for creating
compact and highly efficient optical devices that can reliably transmit signals without losses …

Topological insulator laser: Experiments

MA Bandres, S Wittek, G Harari, M Parto, J Ren… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Physical systems that exhibit topological invariants are naturally endowed
with robustness against perturbations, as was recently demonstrated in many settings in …

Topological insulator laser: theory

G Harari, MA Bandres, Y Lumer, MC Rechtsman… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Topological insulators emerged in condensed matter physics and
constitute a new phase of matter, with insulating bulk and robust edge conductance that is …

Two-dimensional topological photonics

AB Khanikaev, G Shvets - Nature photonics, 2017 - nature.com
Originating from the studies of two-dimensional condensed-matter states, the concept of
topological order has recently been expanded to other fields of physics and engineering …

Photonic quantum information processing: a review

F Flamini, N Spagnolo, F Sciarrino - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Photonic quantum technologies represent a promising platform for several applications,
ranging from long-distance communications to the simulation of complex phenomena …

Multipolar lasing modes from topological corner states

HR Kim, MS Hwang, D Smirnova, KY Jeong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Topological photonics provides a fundamental framework for robust manipulation of light,
including directional transport and localization with built-in immunity to disorder. Combined …

Nonreciprocal lasing in topological cavities of arbitrary geometries

B Bahari, A Ndao, F Vallini, A El Amili, Y Fainman… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Resonant cavities are essential building blocks governing many wave-based phenomena,
but their geometry and reciprocity fundamentally limit the integration of optical devices. We …