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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

Dirac-like surface states on surfaces of topological insulators have a chiral spin structure that suppresses back-scattering and protects the coherence of these states in the presence of non-magnetic scatterers. In contrast, magnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-03-13 T. Valla , Z. -H. Pan , D. R. Gardner , Y. S. Lee , S. Chu

Topological mechanics can realize soft modes in mechanical metamaterials in which the number of degrees of freedom for particle motion is finely balanced by the constraints provided by interparticle interactions. However, solid objects are…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-03-03 Hridesh Kedia , Anton Souslov , D. Zeb Rocklin

Topologically secure spin configurations, such as skyrmions and bimerons, offer a compelling alternative to conventional magnetic domains, potentially enabling high-density, low-power spintronic devices. These pseudo-particles,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-14 Martín Latorre , Joaquín Barra , Juan Pablo Vera , Joaquín Martinez , Mario Castro , Sebastián Allende , Alvaro S. Nunez

Topological insulators embody a newly discovered state of matter characterized by conducting spin-momentum locked surface states that span the bulk band gap. So far, most of the study on topological insulator surfaces has been limited to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-06-04 L. A. Wray , Y. Xia , S. -Y. Xu , Y. S. Hor , R. J. Cava , A. Bansil , H. Lin , M. Z. Hasan

A study of nonreciprocal transverse-spin angular-momentum-density shifts for evanescent waves in magneto-optic waveguide media is presented. Their functional relation to electromagnetic spin- and orbital-momenta is presented and analyzed.…

Optics · Physics 2016-07-05 Miguel Levy , Dolendra Karki

We investigate interference between topological interfacial modes in a semiconductor photonic crystal platform with Dirac frequency dispersions, which can be exploited for interferometry switch. It is showcased that, in a two-in/two-out…

Optics · Physics 2023-11-21 Xing-Xiang Wang , Tomohiro Amemiya , Xiao Hu

The spin-orbit torque, a torque induced by a charge current flowing through the heavy-metal conducting layer with strong spin-orbit interactions, provides an efficient way to control the magnetization direction in heavy-metal/ferromagnet…

Spin-momentum locking, a key property of the surface states of three-dimensional topological insulators (3DTIs), provides a new avenue for spintronics applications. One consequence of spin-momentum locking is the induction of surface spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-08 Ali Asgharpour , Cosimo Gorini , Sven Essert , Klaus Richter , İnanç Adagideli

Spin-momentum locking is an intrinsic property of surface electromagnetic fields and its study has led to the discovery of photonic spin lattices and diverse applications. Previously, dispersion was ignored in the spin-momentum locking,…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-08 Peng Shi , Xinrui Lei , Qiang Zhang , Heng Li , Luping Du , Xiaocong Yuan

Topological materials have become the focus of intense research in recent years, since they exhibit fundamentally new physical phenomena with potential applications for novel devices and quantum information technology. One of the hallmarks…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-01 Ching-Kai Chiu , Jeffrey C. Y. Teo , Andreas P. Schnyder , Shinsei Ryu

Bianisotropic metasurfaces enable advanced electromagnetic wave manipulation through magnetoelectric coupling. Here, we demonstrate how knot-particles enable single-layer bianisotropic control using their inherent topology. Leveraging their…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-21 Nadav Goshen , Yarden Mazor

We present a theoretical study of spin-wave scattering by a twisted domain wall (DW) in a two-dimensional ferromagnet with easy-axis anisotropy. While the twisted DW generates an effective gauge field for spin waves, leading to a deflection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-15 Ehsan Faridi , Se Kwon Kim , Giovanni Vignale

In spin-orbit coupled crystals, symmetries can protect multifold degeneracies with large Chern numbers and Brillouin zone spanning topological surface states. In this work, we explore the extent to which the nontrivial topology of chiral…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-14 Mao Lin , Iñigo Robredo , Niels B. M. Schröter , Claudia Felser , Maia G. Vergniory , Barry Bradlyn

Time-variant systems have recently garnered considerable attention due to their unique potentials in manipulating electromagnetic waves. Here, a novel class of topological spacetime crystals is introduced, with a traveling-wave modulation…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-24 João C. Serra , Mário G. Silveirinha

We investigate the interplay between spin currents and spin waves in nanofabricated Permalloy waveguides with geometrical constrictions. Using propagating spin-wave spectroscopy, micromagnetic simulations, and analytical modeling, we…

We show that a semiconductor thin film can acquire a non-trivial spin texture due to the proximity effect induced by a topological insulator. The effect stems from coupling to the topological surface states and is present even when the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Jimmy A. Hutasoit , Tudor D. Stanescu

We explore the relationship among the magnetic ordering in real space, the resulting spin texture on the Fermi surface, and the related superconducting gap structure in non-collinear antiferromagnetic metals without spin-orbit coupling. Via…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-01 Seung Hun Lee , Bohm-Jung Yang

Coupling between flows and material properties imbues rheological matter with its wide-ranging applicability, hence the excitement for harnessing the rheology of active fluids for which internal structure and continuous energy injection…

Topological spin configurations, such as soliton-like spin texture and Dirac electron assemblies, have emerged in recent years in both fundamental science and technological applications. Achieving stable topological spin textures at…