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We report on the experimental observation of topologically protected edge waves in a two-dimensional elastic hexagonal lattice. The lattice is designed to feature K point Dirac cones that are well separated from the other numerous elastic…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-10-25 Javier Vila , Raj K. Pal , Massimo Ruzzene

We show that one-dimensional quasi-periodic optical lattice systems can exhibit edge states and topological phases which are generally believed to appear in two-dimensional systems. When the Fermi energy lies in gaps, the Fermi system on…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-08-02 Li-Jun Lang , Xiaoming Cai , Shu Chen

The possibility of obtaining robust edge state of light by mimicking the topological properties of solid state system, have brought a profound impact on optical sciences. With the advent of high-brilliance, accelerator-driven light sources…

We perform a comprehensive analysis of the spectrum of graphene plasmons which arise when a pair of sheets are confined between conducting materials. The associated enhanced local fields may be employed in the manipulation of light on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-05 Godfrey Gumbs , Dipendra Dahal , Antonios Balassis

Edge states in 2D materials are vital for advancements in spintronics, quantum computing, and logic transistors. For graphene nanoribbons, it is well known that the zigzag edges can host edge states, but realization of armchair edge states…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-12 Qi Zhong , Yongsheng Liang , Shiqi Xia , Daohong Song , Zhigang Chen

We study a one-dimensional plasmonic system with non-trivial topology: a chain of metallic nanoparticles with alternating spacing, which is the plasmonic analogue to the Su-Schreiffer-Heeger model. We extend previous efforts by including…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-30 Simon R. Pocock , Paloma A. Huidobro , Vincenzo Giannini

The band inversion has led to rich physical effects in both topological insulators and topological semimetals. It has been found that the inverted band structure with the Mexican-hat dispersion could enhance the interband correlation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-03 Furu Zhang , Jianhui Zhou , Di Xiao , Yugui Yao

We investigate elastic periodic structures characterized by topologically nontrivial bandgaps supporting backscattering suppressed edge waves. These edge waves are topologically protected and are obtained by breaking inversion symmetry…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-03-08 Raj Kumar Pal , Massimo Ruzzene

We theoretically investigate the plasmon modes of alternating-twist multilayer graphene. In multilayer systems, interlayer coupling gives rise to distinctive plasmon modes, but calculations in moir\'e systems remain challenging due to their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-16 Taehun Kim , Hongki Min

The paper deals with the theoretical consideration of surface plasmon-polaritons in the graphene monolayer, embedded into dielectric with spatially separated gain and losses. It is demonstrated, that presence of gain and losses in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 O. A. Zhernovnykova , O. V. Popova , G. V. Deynychenko , T. I. Deynichenko , Yuliy V. Bludov

We predict the existence and study properties of the valley Hall edge solitons in a composite photonic graphene with a domain wall between two honeycomb lattices with broken inversion symmetry. Inversion symmetry in our system is broken due…

The strong light-matter interaction in graphene over a broad frequency range has opened up a plethora of photonics applications of graphene. The goal of this paper is to present the voltage tunability of plasmons in gated single- and…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-01-20 Shaloo Rakheja , Parijat Sengupta

This paper proposes a quantitative description of the low energy edge states at the interface between two-dimensional topological insulators. They are modeled by continuous Hamiltonians as systems of Dirac equations that are amenable to a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-08-16 Guillaume Bal

To efficiently integrate cutting-edge terahertz technology into compact devices, the highly confined terahertz plasmons are attracting intensive attentions. Compared to plasmons at visible frequencies in metals, terahertz plasmons,…

Optics · Physics 2021-05-18 Jianfeng Wang , Xuelei Sui , Wenhui Duan , Feng Liu , Bing Huang

Topology is quickly becoming a cornerstone in our understanding of electronic systems. Like their electronic counterparts, bosonic systems can exhibit a topological band structure, but in real materials it is difficult to ascertain their…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-09-04 Daniel Malz , Johannes Knolle , Andreas Nunnenkamp

Monolayer graphene placed with a twist on top of AB-stacked bilayer graphene hosts topological flat bands in a wide range of twist angles. The dispersion of these bands and gaps between them can be efficiently controlled by a perpendicular…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-08-05 Louk Rademaker , Ivan Protopopov , Dmitry Abanin

Controlling the properties of materials by driving them out of equilibrium is an exciting prospect that has only recently begun to be explored. In this paper we give a striking theoretical example of such materials design: a tunable gap in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-29 Thomas Iadecola , David Campbell , Claudio Chamon , Chang-Yu Hou , Roman Jackiw , So-Young Pi , Silvia Viola Kusminskiy

We analytically investigate the plasmons propagating in a homogeneous two-dimensional (2D) electron system, along the metal grating in the form of a periodic array of strip-shaped electrodes (gates) in the vicinity of the 2D system. We show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-24 A. V. Nikonov , A. A. Zabolotnykh , V. A. Volkov

Quantum Hall edge states are the paradigmatic example of the bulk-boundary correspondence. They are prone to intricate reconstructions calling for their detailed investigation at high spatial resolution. Here, we map quantum Hall edge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-07 T. Johnsen , C. Schattauer , S. Samaddar , A. Weston , M. Hamer , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , R. Gorbachev , F. Libisch , M. Morgenstern

In this work, a plasmonic right-angled waveguide bend and divider are proposed. Using the Transformation Optics (TO) approach the transformation media of a bend and a T-shaped divider are obtained. Such media with continuous refractive…

Optics · Physics 2021-04-07 Samaneh Pakniyat , Shahrokh Jam , Alireza Yahaghi , George W Hanson