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Topological photonics is a rapidly emerging field of research in which geometrical and topological ideas are exploited to design and control the behavior of light. Drawing inspiration from the discovery of the quantum Hall effects and…

Topological photonics has recently emerged as a very general framework for the design of unidirectional edge waveguides immune to back-scattering and deformations, as well as other platforms that feature extreme nonreciprocal wave…

Optics · Physics 2023-02-01 João C. Serra , Mário G. Silveirinha

Topological photonics sheds light on some of the surprising phenomena seen in condensed matter physics that arise with the appearance of topological invariants. Optical waveguides provide a well-controlled platform to investigate effects…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-16 Adrian J Menssen , Jun Guan , David Felce , Martin J Booth , Ian A Walmsley

Recent experiments on ultracold dipoles in optical lattices open exciting possibilities for the quantum simulation of extended Hubbard models. When considered in one dimension, these models present at unit filling a particularly interesting…

The application of topology in optics has led to a new paradigm in developing photonic devices with robust properties against disorder. Although significant progress on topological phenomena has been achieved in the classical domain, the…

Cavity optomechanics enables controlling mechanical motion via radiation pressure interaction, and has contributed to the quantum control of engineered mechanical systems ranging from kg scale LIGO mirrors to nano-mechanical systems,…

We propose a new type of topological states of matter exhibiting topologically nontrivial edge states (ESs) within gapless bulk states (GBSs) protected by both spin rotational and reflection symmetries. A model presenting such states is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-23 Masoud Bahari , Mir Vahid Hosseini

The past decade has witnessed a booming development of topological photonics, which revolutionizes the methodology for controlling the behavior of light. A gigantic achievement is to engineer robust confined modes localized at interfaces…

Optics · Physics 2021-07-09 Mengying Hu , Hui Liu , Shining Zhu

Recent advanced experimental implementations of optical lattices with highly tunable geometry open up new regimes for quantum many-body states of matter that previously had not been accessible. Here we introduce a symmetry-based method of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-01-12 Maksims Arzamasovs , Shuai Li , W. Vincent Liu , Bo Liu

One of the most striking features of quantum mechanics is the appearance of phases of matter with topological origins. These phases result in remarkably robust macroscopic phenomena such as the edge modes in integer quantum Hall systems,…

Sub-laser cycle time scale of electronic response to strong laser fields enables attosecond dynamical imaging in atoms, molecules and solids. Optical tunneling and high harmonic generation are the hallmarks of attosecond imaging in optical…

Optics · Physics 2019-10-22 R. E. F. Silva , Á. Jiménez-Galán , B. Amorim , O. Smirnova , M. Ivanov

A one-dimensional discrete lattice of dimers is known to possess topologically protected edge states when interdimer coupling is stronger than intradimer coupling. Here, we address richer topological properties of photonic superlattices…

Optics · Physics 2018-10-24 Bikashkali Midya , Liang Feng

Recent discoveries in topological physics hold a promise for disorder-robust quantum systems and technologies. Topological states provide the crucial ingredient of such systems featuring increased robustness to disorder and imperfections.…

Topological transitions are fundamental phenomena in electronics, photonics, and quantum technologies. However, the scalability and tunability of Topological transitions in these systems have still been constrained by their material…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-18 Bo Tian , Xi Zhang , Ruitao Wu , Yuquan Zhang , Luping Du , Xiaocong Yuan

In the field of quantum simulation of condensed matter phenomena by artificially engineering the Hamiltonian of an atomic, molecular or optical system, the concept of `synthetic dimensions' has recently emerged as a powerful way to emulate…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-10-02 Tomoki Ozawa , Hannah M. Price

Exploring the properties and applications of topological quantum states is essential to better understand topological matter. Here, we theoretically study a quasi-one-dimensional topological atom array. In the low-energy regime, the atom…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Wei Nie , Z. H. Peng , Franco Nori , Yu-xi Liu

Topological phase transitions in condensed matter systems have shown extremely rich physics, unveiling such exotic states of matter as topological insulators, superconductors and superfluids. Photonic topological systems open a whole new…

The coupled light-matter modes supported by plasmonic metasurfaces can be combined with topological principles to yield subwavelength topological valley states of light. We give a systematic presentation of the topological valley states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-11 Matthew Proctor , Paloma A. Huidobro , Stefan A. Maier , Richard V. Craster , Mehul P. Makwana

Recent advances in quantum optics and atomic physics allow for an unprecedented level of control over light-matter interactions, which can be exploited to investigate new physical phenomena. In this work we are interested in the role played…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-08 Arda Halu , Silvano Garnerone , Alessandro Vezzani , Ginestra Bianconi

Topological states of matter, first discovered in quantum systems, have opened new avenues for wave manipulation beyond the quantum realm. In elastic media, realizing these topological effects requires identifying lattices that support the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-24 Pegah Azizi , Rahul Dev Kundu , Weichen Li , Kai Sun , Xiaojia Shelly Zhang , Stefano Gonella