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Magnonic topological phases realize chiral edge spin waves that are protected against backscattering, potentially enabling highly efficient spin transport. Here we show that the spin transport through these magnonic chiral edge states can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-21 Pieter M. Gunnink , Rembert A. Duine , Alexander Mook

We study a plasmonic metasurface that supports pseudospin dependent edge states confined at a subwavelength scale, considering full electrodynamic interactions including retardation and radiative effects. The spatial symmetry of the lattice…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-03 Matthew Proctor , Richard V. Craster , Stefan A. Maier , Vincenzo Giannini , Paloma A. Huidobro

Topological insulators [1-6] is a new quantum phase of matter with exotic properties such as dissipationless transport and protection against Anderson localization [7]. These new states of quantum matter could be one of the missing links…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-07-29 M. Klintenberg

We present models of topological insulating Hamiltonians exhibiting intrinsic altermagnetic features, protected by combined three-fold or four-fold rotational symmetries with time-reversal. We demonstrate that the spin Chern number serves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Rafael Gonzalez-Hernandez , Bernardo Uribe

The search for exotic topological effects of phonons has attracted enormous interest for both fundamental science and practical applications. By studying phonons in a Kekul\'e lattice, we find a new type of pseudospins characterized by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-27 Yizhou Liu , Chao-Sheng Lian , Yang Li , Yong Xu , Wenhui Duan

Three-dimensional topological insulators represent a new quantum phase of matter with spin-polarized surface states that are protected from backscattering. The static electronic properties of these surface states have been comprehensively…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-06 J. W. McIver , D. Hsieh , H. Steinberg , P. Jarillo-Herrero , N. Gedik

Existing acoustic topological textures are predominantly constructed within velocity fields, where the corresponding physical observables typically exhibit harmonic temporal oscillations. In contrast, stationary topological acoustic…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-01 Huaijin Ma , Te Liu , Jiachen Sheng , Xiaochang Pan , Wenwei Qian , Xiangyu Chen , Kaiyuan Cao , Jinpeng Yang , Jian Wang

Topological insulators in three dimensions are studied as a problem of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The spin-orbit coupling is induced as a consequence of the supersymmetrization procedure and we show that it is equivalent to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-13 J. Gamboa , F. Mendez

The concept of topological energy bands and their manifestations have been demonstrated in condensed matter systems as a fantastic paradigm toward unprecedented physical phenomena and properties that are robust against disorders. Recent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-03 Weiwei Zhu , Weiyin Deng , Yang Liu , Jiuyang Lu , Zhi-Kang Lin , Hai-Xiao Wang , Xueqin Huang , Jian-Hua Jiang , Zhengyou Liu

Engineering of phonons, i.e., collective lattice vibrations in crystals, is essential for manipulating physical properties of materials such as thermal transport, electron-phonon interaction, confinement of lattice vibration, and optical…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-04 Seung Gyo Jeong , Ambrose Seo , Woo Seok Choi

Because phononic topological insulators have primarily been studied in discrete, graphene-like structures with C$_{6}$ or C$_{3}$ hexagonal symmetry, an open question is how to systematically achieve double Dirac cones and topologically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Yan Lu , Harold S. Park

Spin mixtures of degenerate fermions are a cornerstone of quantum many-body physics, enabling superfluidity, polarons, and rich spin dynamics through $s$-wave scattering resonances. Combining them with strong, long-range dipolar…

Topological Insulator-based devices can transport electrons/photons at the surfaces of materials without any back reflections, even in the presence of obstacles. Topological properties have recently been studied using non-reciprocal…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-03 Babak Bahari , Ricardo Tellez-Limon , Boubacar Kanté

Weyl semimetals and higher-order topological insulators represent two fundamental yet distinct classes of topological matter. While both have been extensively studied in classical-wave systems, their coexistence and controllable transition…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-28 Yu-Hong Han , Yi Li , Feng Mei , Liantuan Xiao , Suotang Jia

We study the surface resistivity of a three-dimensional topological insulator when the boundaries exhibit a non trivial curvature. We obtain an analytical solution for a spherical topological insulator, and we show that a non trivial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-06-27 V. Parente , P. Lucignano , P. Vitale , A. Tagliacozzo , F. Guinea

We consider thermoelectric transport properties of the edge states of a two dimensional topological insulator in a double quantum point contact geometry coupled to two thermally biased reservoirs. Both spin-preserving and spin-flipping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-13 Flavio Ronetti , Luca Vannucci , Giacomo Dolcetto , Matteo Carrega , Maura Sassetti

Phonon engineering technology has opened up the functional thermal management of semiconductor-based classical and quantum electronics at the micro- and nanoscales. However, challenges have remained in designing accurate thermal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Keita Funayama , Yuki Akura , Hiroya Tanaka , Jun Hirotani

Topological photonic insulators pave the way toward efficient integrated photonic devices with minimized scattering losses. Optical properties of the majority of topological structures proposed to date are fixed by design such that no…

Optics · Physics 2019-02-01 Mikhail I. Shalaev , Wiktor Walasik , Natalia M. Litchinitser

We show how the snowflake phononic crystal structure, which has been realized experimentally recently, can be turned into a topological insulator for sound waves. This idea, based purely on simple geometrical modifications, could be readily…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-31 Christian Brendel , Vittorio Peano , Oskar Painter , Florian Marquardt

The superposition of topological phonons and flexoelectronic charge separation in an inhomogeneously strain Si give rise to topological electronic magnetism of phonons. The topological electronic magnetism of phonons is also expected to…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-19 Anand Katailiha , Paul C. Lou , Ravindra G. Bhardwaj , Ward Beyermann , Sandeep Kumar