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In this paper we have criticized the so-called Landau damping theory. We have analyzed solutions of the standard dispersion equations for longitudinal (electric) and transversal (electromagnetic and electron) waves in half-infinite slab of…

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

Classical wave fields are real-valued, ensuring the wave states at opposite frequencies and momenta to be inherently identical. Such a particle-hole symmetry can open up new possibilities for topological phenomena in classical systems. Here…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-08 Dafei Jin , Ling Lu , Zhong Wang , Chen Fang , John D. Joannopoulos , Marin Soljačić , Liang Fu , Nicholas X. Fang

Topological materials bear gapped excitations in bulk yet protected gapless excitations at boundaries. Magnetoplasmons (MPs), as high-frequency density excitations of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in a perpendicular magnetic field,…

We propose a two-dimensional plasmonic platform - periodically patterned monolayer graphene - which hosts topological one-way edge states operable up to infrared frequencies. We classify the band topology of this plasmonic system under…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-21 Dafei Jin , Thomas Christensen , Marin Soljačić , Nicholas X. Fang , Ling Lu , Xiang Zhang

Classification of matter through topological phases and topological edge states between distinct materials has been a subject of great interest recently. While lattices have been the main setting for these studies, a relatively unexplored…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-09-18 Jeffrey B. Parker , J. W. Burby , J. B. Marston , Steven M. Tobias

A comprehensive analysis of hybrid TM-TE polarized surface electromagnetic waves supported by different few-layer anisotropic metasurfaces is presented. A generalized 4$\times$4 T-matrix formalism for arbitrary anisotropic 2D layers is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-23 O. V. Kotov , Yu. E. Lozovik

We propose an effective low-energy theory for ferromagnetic Hall states. It describes the charge degrees of freedom, on the edge, by a (1 + 1) dimensional chiral boson theory, and the spin degrees of freedom by the (2 + 1)dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. V. Milovanovic

Graphene placed in a perpendicular magnetic field supports optical modes known as magnetoplasmons which are transversally confined to the graphene layer. Unlike ordinary graphene plasmons, these magnetoplasmonic surface waves are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-21 Samyobrata Mukherjee , Viktoriia Savchuk , Jeffery W. Allen , Monica S. Allen , Gennady Shvets

A salient feature of solid-state topological materials in two dimensions is the presence of conducting electronic edge states that are insensitive to scattering by disorder. Such unidirectional edge states have been explored in many…

Optics · Physics 2021-12-28 Sebabrata Mukherjee , Mikael C. Rechtsman

Curved and topologically nontrivial magnetic structures offer new pathways to control spin-wave behavior beyond planar geometries. Here, we study spin-wave dynamics in M\"obius-shaped soft-magnetic nanostrips using micromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-22 Ashfaque Thonikkadavan , Massimiliano d'Aquino , Riccardo Hertel

Weyl degeneracies in spectra of magnetoplasma waves enable nonreciprocal energy flow and topologically protected modes, yet conventional materials require impractical magnetic fields to operate. Developing an effective Hamiltonian framework…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Yuanzhao Wang , Oleg V. Kotov , Dmitry K. Efimkin

Topological edge states in electromagnetic systems feature a set of attracting fundamental properties and unveil prospective applications based on disorder robustness and tailored localization. Despite active efforts in implementing…

Multiple potential wells for massive test particles, allowing distinct families of bound orbits to coexist, are a characteristic feature of certain exotic compact objects beyond general relativity. Taking the dyonic black hole as a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-16 Chao-Hui Wang , Shao-Wen Wei , Tao Zhu , Yu-Xiao Liu

The wave propagation of edge modes in a superlattice of 2D electron Gases in quantum Hall regime is investigated. After introducing surfaces charge and current densities at the edge, the Maxwell equations are solved for waves running along…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Pavel Fileviez Perez , Alejandro Cabo Montes de Oca , Carlos Rodriguez Castellanos

Photons possess spin degree of freedom, corresponding to clockwise and counter clockwise rotating direction of the fields. Photon spin plays an important role in various applications such as optical communications, information processing…

Topologically protected edge states have been extensively studied in systems characterized by the topological invariants in band gaps (also called line gaps). In this study, we unveil a whole new form of edge states that transcends the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-06 Hongwei Jia , Jing Hu , Ruo-Yang Zhang , Yixin Xiao , Dongyang Wang , Mudi Wang , Shaojie Ma , Xiaoping Ouyang , Yifei Zhu , C. T. Chan

The Duffin-Kemmer form of massless vector field (Maxwell field) is extended to the case of arbitrary pseudo-Riemannian space-time in accordance with the tetrad recipe of Tetrode-Weyl-Fock-Ivanenko. In this approach, the Maxwell equations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-05-12 A. A. Bogush , E. M. Ovsiyuk , V. M. Red'kov

Photonic bound states in the continuum are spatially localised modes with infinitely long lifetimes that exist within a radiation continuum at discrete energy levels. These states have been explored in various systems where their emergence…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-07 Wenhui Wang , Antonio Günzler , Bodo D. Wilts , Matthias Saba

A theoretical framework is developed to describe the Topological Langmuir-Cyclotron Wave (TLCW), a recently identified topological surface excitation in magnetized plasmas. As a topological wave, the TLCW propagates unidirectionally without…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-04-18 Hong Qin , Yichen Fu

Elastic wave manipulation is important in a wide variety of scales in applications including information processing in tiny elastic devices and noise control in big solid structures. The recent emergence of topological materials opens a new…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-05 Ying Wu , Jiuyang Lu , Xueqin Huang , Yating Yang , Li Luo , Linyun Yang , Feng Li , Weiyin Deng , Zhengyou Liu