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Topological photonics is a rapidly emerging field of research in which geometrical and topological ideas are exploited to design and control the behavior of light. Drawing inspiration from the discovery of the quantum Hall effects and…

The study of topological phases of light suggests novel opportunities for creating robust optical structures and on-chip photonic devices which are immune against scattering losses and structural disorder. However, many recent…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-26 Dmitry V. Zhirihin , Yuri S. Kivshar

Topological photonics provides a robust and flexible platform for controlling light, enabling functionalities such as backscattering-immune edge transport and slow-light propagation. In this work, we design and characterize photonic…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-12 Ondřej Novák , Martin Veis , Gervasi Herranz

Photonic crystal fibres (PCFs) are optical fibres that guide light using a modulated dielectric medium. They provide an exceptionally versatile platform for various applications, thanks to the flexibility with which light-guiding can be…

Topology is revolutionizing photonics, bringing with it new theoretical discoveries and a wealth of potential applications. This field was inspired by the discovery of topological insulators, in which interfacial electrons transport without…

Optics · Physics 2014-11-04 Ling Lu , John D. Joannopoulos , Marin Soljačić

Rapidly growing demands for fast information processing have launched a race for creating compact and highly efficient optical devices that can reliably transmit signals without losses. Recently discovered topological phases of light…

Optics · Physics 2020-06-04 Daria Smirnova , Daniel Leykam , Yidong Chong , Yuri Kivshar

Topological photonics seeks to control the behaviour of the light through the design of protected topological modes in photonic structures. While this approach originated from studying the behaviour of electrons in solid-state materials, it…

Topological insulators are materials that conduct on the surface and insulate in their interior due to non-trivial topological order. The edge states on the interface between topological (non-trivial) and conventional (trivial) insulators…

Topological photonics is emerging as a new paradigm for the development of both classical and quantum photonic architectures. What makes topological photonics remarkably intriguing is the built-in protection as well as intrinsic…

Optics · Physics 2023-10-30 Mahmoud Jalali Mehrabad , Sunil Mittal , Mohammad Hafezi

Topology is a powerful framework for controlling and manipulating light, minimizing detrimental perturbations on the photonic properties. Combining nanophotonics with topological concepts presents opportunities for both fundamental physics…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-29 Grazia Salerno

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

Topological photonics has emerged as a novel paradigm for the design of electromagnetic systems from microwaves to nanophotonics. Studies to date have largely focused on the demonstration of fundamental concepts, such as non-reciprocity and…

Optics · Physics 2020-09-30 Daniel Leykam , Luqi Yuan

Topological photonics has attracted increasing attention in recent years due to the unique opportunities it provides to manipulate light in a robust way immune to disorder and defects. Up to now, diverse photonic platforms, rich physical…

Optics · Physics 2022-09-20 Zhihao Lan , Menglin L. N. Chen , Fei Gao , Shuang Zhang , Wei E. I. Sha

Topological insulators are a new class of materials that have engendered considerable research interest among the condensed matter community owing primarily to their application prospects in quantum computations and spintronics. Many of the…

Optics · Physics 2021-08-24 Nitish Kumar Gupta , Arun M. Jayannavar

Topological photonics harnesses the physics of topological insulators to control the behavior of light. Photonic modes robust against material imperfections are an example of such control. In this work, we propose a soft-matter platform…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-01-28 Hamed Abbaszadeh , Michel Fruchart , Wim van Saarloos , Vincenzo Vitelli

Topological photonics has attracted widespread research attention in the past decade due to its fundamental interest and unique manner in controlling light propagation for advanced applications. Paradigmatic approaches have been proposed to…

Topological photonic systems, with their ability to host states protected against disorder and perturbation, allow us to do with photons what topological insulators do with electrons. Topological photonics can refer to electronic systems…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Marie S. Rider , Samuel J. Palmer , Simon R. Pocock , Xiaofei Xiao , Paloma Arroyo Huidobro , Vincenzo Giannini

Photonic crystals (PhCs) have emerged as a popular platform for realizing various topological phases due to their flexibility and potential for device applications. In this article, we present a comprehensive classification of topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-22 Sachin Vaidya , Ali Ghorashi , Thomas Christensen , Mikael C. Rechtsman , Wladimir A. Benalcazar

The field of topological photonics emerged as one of the most promising areas for applications in transformative technologies: possible applications are in topological lasers or quantum optics interfaces. Nevertheless, efficient and simple…

The introduction of topology unravels a new chapter of physics. Topological systems provide unique edge/interfacial quantum states which are expected to contribute to the development of novel spintronics and open the door to robust quantum…

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