Direct extraction of topological Zak phase with the synthetic dimension

G Li, L Wang, R Ye, Y Zheng, DW Wang… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Measuring topological invariants is an essential task in characterizing topological phases of
matter. They are usually obtained from the number of edge states due to the bulk-edge …

Phase‐Engineering Strategy for Multidimensional Light Steering in a Photonic Higher‐Order Topological Insulator

S Jia, R Huang, J Hu, Y Jiang, H Huang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Higher‐order topological (HOT) insulators have been extensively studied for their unique
multidimensional boundary states such as hinge states and corner states. However, most of …

Dual-polarization valley-like transport in dielectric photonic crystals

HX Shao, T Sang, GF Yang, BX Wang, LL Zhang… - Optics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Valley photonic crystal (VPC) waveguides possess strong immunity to backward scattering
and robust transmission, originating from topologically protected edge states. Here, we …

Sum and difference frequency generation in a valley-photonic-crystal-like topological system

Y Tang, JL Li, C Li, JF Wu - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Nonlinear sum frequency generation (SFG) and difference frequency generation (DFG) are
fundamental methods to obtain new light sources for various applications. However, most of …