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Topological edge modes are excitations that are localized at the materials' edges and yet are characterized by a topological invariant defined in the bulk. Such bulk-edge correspondence has enabled the creation of robust electronic,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-30 Ananya Ghatak , Martin Brandenbourger , Jasper van Wezel , Corentin Coulais

The propagation of linear and nonlinear edge modes in bounded photonic honeycomb lattices formed by an array of rapidly varying helical waveguides is studied. These edge modes are found to exhibit strong transmission (reflection) around…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-19 Mark J. Ablowitz , Yi-Ping Ma

In the past a few years, topologically protected mechanical phenomena have been extensively studied in discrete lattices and networks, leading to a rich set of discoveries such as topological boundary/interface floppy modes and states of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-07-16 Kai Sun , Xiaoming Mao

We report on the theoretical prediction of asymmetric edge spin waves, propagating in opposite directions on the edges of honeycomb nanoribbons with zigzag and bearded edges boundaries. The simultaneous propagation of edge spin waves in the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-04-29 Doried Ghader , Antoine Khater

The before described general principles and methodology of calculating electron wave propagation in homogeneous isotropic half-infinity slab of Maxwellian plasma with indefinite but in principal value sense taken integrals in characteristic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-03-30 V. N. Soshnikov

Magnetosonic waves are intensively studied due to their importance in space plasmas and also in fusion plasmas where they are used in particle acceleration and heating experiments. In the present paper we investigate the magnetosonic waves…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. A. Boldyrev

It was recently discovered that plasma waves possess topologically protected edge modes, indicating the existence of topologically nontrivial structures in the governing equations. Here we give a rigorous study of the underlying topological…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-07-10 Eric Palmerduca , Hong Qin

Electromagnetic waves propagating, at finite speeds, in conventional wave-guiding structures are reflected by discontinuities and decay in lossy regions. In this Letter, we drastically modify this typical guided-wave behavior by combining…

Optics · Physics 2018-09-12 S. Ali Hassani Gangaraj , Francesco Monticone

Exploring the synergy between topological physics and nonlinear dynamics unveils profound insights into emergent states of matter. Inspired by recent experimental demonstrations of topological frequency combs in photonics, we theoretically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-01 Zhixiong Li , Xuejuan Liu , Zhejunyu Jin , Guanghua Guo , Xingen Zheng , Peng Yan

We present a general theory of three-dimensional nonparaxial spatially-accelerating waves of the Maxwell equations. These waves constitute a two-dimensional structure exhibiting shape-invariant propagation along semicircular trajectories.…

Optics · Physics 2014-02-14 Miguel A. Bandres , Miguel A. Alonso , Ido Kaminer , Mordechai Segev

Topological edge states exhibit dissipationless transport and electrically-driven topological phase transitions, making them ideal for next-generation transistors that are not constrained by Moore's law. Nevertheless, their dispersion has…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-12 Pankaj Bhalla , Ming-Xun Deng , Rui-Qiang Wang , Lan Wang , Dimitrie Culcer

Nonreciprocity, i.e. inequivalence in amplitudes and frequencies of spin waves propagating in opposite directions, is a key property underlying functionality in prospective magnonic devices. Here we demonstrate experimentally and…

Photonic crystal topological insulators host protected states at their edges. In the band structure these edge states appear as continuous bands crossing the photonic band gap. They allow light to propagate unidirectionally and without…

Optics · Physics 2017-08-02 Gleb Siroki , Paloma Arroyo Huidobro , Vincenzo Giannini

We propose a topological characterization of Hamiltonians describing classical waves. Applying it to the magnetostatic surface spin waves that are important in spintronics applications, we settle the speculation over their topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-03 Kei Yamamoto , Guo Chuan Thiang , Philipp Pirro , Kyoung-Whan Kim , Karin Everschor-Sitte , Eiji Saitoh

We investigate the emergence of helical edge modes in a Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a triangular lattice, driven by a topological mechanism similar to that proposed by Dong et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 206701 (2023)] for chiral spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-23 Bastian Pradenas , Grigor Adamyan , Oleg Tchernyshyov

We demonstrate a new class of elastic waves in the bulk: When longitudinal and transverse components propagate at the same speed, rolling waves with a spin that is not parallel to the wave vector can emerge. First, we give a general…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-29 Peng Zhang , Christian Kern , Sijie Sun , David A. Weitz , Pai Wang

Two methods are explained to exactly solve Maxwell's equations where permittivity, permeability and conductivity may vary in space. In the constitutive relations, retardation is regarded. If the material properties depend but on one…

Optics · Physics 2012-08-20 Ulrich Brosa

Geometrical model for material Dirac wave field and for Maxwell electromagnetic field is suggested where above fields are considered as propagating regions of the space itself with distorted euclidean geometry. It is shown that equations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-11 Oleg A. Olkhov

The manipulation of acoustic wave propagation in fluids has numerous applications, including some in everyday life. Acoustic technologies frequently develop in tandem with optics, using shared concepts such as waveguiding and metamedia. It…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-24 Zhaoju Yang , Fei Gao , Xihang Shi , Xiao Lin , Zhen Gao , Yidong Chong , Baile Zhang

Topological plasmonic provides a new insight for the manipulation of light. Analogous to exotic nature of topological edge states in topological photonics, topological plasmonic combines concepts from topology and plasmonics. By utilizing…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-15 Fatemeh Davoodi , Nahid Talebi