Topological metamaterials

X Ni, S Yves, A Krasnok, A Alu - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The topological properties of an object, associated with an integer called the topological
invariant, are global features that cannot change continuously but only through abrupt …

Topological metasurface: From passive toward active and beyond

JW You, Z Lan, Q Ma, Z Gao, Y Yang, F Gao… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Metasurfaces are subwavelength structured thin films consisting of arrays of units that allow
the control of polarization, phase, and amplitude of light over a subwavelength thickness …

Quantized nonlinear Thouless pumping

M Jürgensen, S Mukherjee, MC Rechtsman - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The topological protection of wave transport, originally observed in the context of the
quantum Hall effect in two-dimensional electron gases, has been shown to apply broadly to …

Quantized fractional Thouless pumping of solitons

M Jürgensen, S Mukherjee, C Jörg, MC Rechtsman - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
In many contexts, interaction between particles gives rise to emergent phenomena. An
example is the fractional quantum Hall effect, where the interaction between electrons leads …

[HTML][HTML] Quantized topological pumping of solitons in nonlinear photonics and ultracold atomic mixtures

N Mostaan, F Grusdt, N Goldman - nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Exploring the interplay between topological band structures and tunable nonlinearities has
become possible with the development of synthetic lattice systems. In this emerging field of …

Discrete nonlinear topological photonics

A Szameit, MC Rechtsman - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Topological materials, whether in solid state, photonic or acoustic systems, or other
domains, are characterized by bulk topological invariants that remain unchanged as long as …

Stability of topological edge states under strong nonlinear effects

R Chaunsali, H Xu, J Yang, PG Kevrekidis… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We examine the role of strong nonlinearity on the topologically robust edge state in a one-
dimensional system. We consider a chain inspired from the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model but …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinearity-induced topological phase transition characterized by the nonlinear Chern number

K Sone, M Ezawa, Y Ashida, N Yoshioka, T Sagawa - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
As first demonstrated by the characterization of the quantum Hall effect by the Chern
number, topology provides a guiding principle to realize the robust properties of condensed …

Photonic flat band dynamics

RAV Poblete - Advances in Physics: X, 2021 - search.proquest.com
During the last decades, researchers of different scientific areas have investigated several
systems and materials to suggest new ways of transporting and localizing light. These …

[HTML][HTML] Fractal photonic anomalous Floquet topological insulators to generate multiple quantum chiral edge states

M Li, C Li, L Yan, Q Li, Q Gong, Y Li - Light: Science & Applications, 2023 - nature.com
Anomalous Floquet topological insulators with vanishing Chern numbers but supporting
chiral edge modes are attracting more and more attention. Since the existing anomalous …