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 …

Broadband and fabrication-tolerant 3-dB couplers with topological valley edge modes

GJ Tang, XD Chen, L Sun, CH Guo, MY Li… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
dB couplers, which are commonly used in photonic integrated circuits for on-chip information
processing, precision measurement, and quantum computing, face challenges in achieving …

Observation of topological frequency combs

CJ Flower, M Jalali Mehrabad, L Xu, G Moille… - Science, 2024 - science.org
On-chip generation of optical frequency combs using nonlinear ring resonators has enabled
numerous applications of combs that were otherwise limited to mode-locked lasers …

On-Chip Topological Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Filters

MD Liu, HH Chen, Z Wang, Y Zhang, X Zhou… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
We present an on-chip filter with a broad tailorable working wavelength and a single-mode
operation. This is realized through the application of topological photonic crystal nanobeam …

Recent progress in chiral topological quantum interface

P Jiang, N Ma, X Qiao, H Zhang - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chiral quantum optics and Topological photonics are both emerging field of research, which
have attracted great attention in recent years. Chiral quantum optics provides a new …

Observation of unidirectional bulk modes and robust edge modes in triangular photonic crystals

ZX Gao, JZ Liao, FL Shi, K Shen, F Ma… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The valley contrasting physics in photonic systems gives rise to many interesting
phenomena such as photonic valley Hall effect and robust valley transport. However, most …

Chiral Optical Nano-Cavity with Atomically Thin Mirrors

DG Suárez-Forero, R Ni, S Sarkar… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
A fundamental requirement for photonic technologies is the ability to control the confinement
and propagation of light. Widely utilized platforms include two-dimensional (2D) optical …

Topological edge mode tapering

CJ Flower, S Barik, MJ Mehrabad, NJ Martin… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mode tapering, or the gradual manipulation of the size of some mode, is a requirement for
any system that aims to efficiently interface two or more subsystems of different mode sizes …

Nonlinear Quantum Optics at a Topological Interface Enabled by Defect Engineering

L Hallacy, NJ Martin, MJ Mehrabad, D Hallett… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The integration of topology into photonics has generated a new design framework for
constructing robust and unidirectional waveguides, which are not feasible with traditional …

[PDF][PDF] THz Higher-Order Topological Photonics in Ge-on-Si Heterostructures

I Colombo, P Minazzi, E Bonera, F Pezzoli… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - scipost.org
We design germanium-based higher-order topological cavities for terahertz applications by
breaking the symmetry of a two-dimensional photonic crystal following the Su-Schrieffer …