Recent advances in 2D, 3D and higher-order topological photonics

M Kim, Z Jacob, J Rho - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
Over the past decade, topology has emerged as a major branch in broad areas of physics,
from atomic lattices to condensed matter. In particular, topology has received significant …

Engineered disorder in photonics

S Yu, CW Qiu, Y Chong, S Torquato, N Park - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Disorder, which qualitatively describes some measure of irregularities in spatial patterns, is
ubiquitous in many-body systems, equilibrium and non-equilibrium states of matter, network …

Topological photonics in synthetic dimensions

E Lustig, M Segev - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Topological photonics is a new and rapidly growing field that deals with topological phases
and topological insulators for light. Recently, the scope of these systems was expanded …

Photonic topological insulator induced by a dislocation in three dimensions

E Lustig, LJ Maczewsky, J Beck, T Biesenthal… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The hallmark of topological insulators (TIs) is the scatter-free propagation of waves in
topologically protected edge channels. This transport is strictly chiral on the outer edge of …

Two-dimensional non-Hermitian skin effect in a synthetic photonic lattice

Y Song, W Liu, L Zheng, Y Zhang, B Wang, P Lu - Physical Review Applied, 2020 - APS
Non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) has led to interesting physics and sophisticated
applications beyond the conventional framework. However, NHSE studies have been limited …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic frequency dimensions in dynamically modulated ring resonators

L Yuan, A Dutt, S Fan - APL Photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The concept of synthetic dimensions in photonics has attracted rapidly growing interest in
the past few years. Among a variety of photonic systems, the ring resonator system under …

Programmable high-dimensional Hamiltonian in a photonic waveguide array

Y Yang, RJ Chapman, B Haylock, F Lenzini… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Waveguide lattices offer a compact and stable platform for a range of applications, including
quantum walks, condensed matter system simulation, and classical and quantum …

A perspective on synthetic dimensions in photonics

M Ehrhardt, S Weidemann… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of synthetic dimension has recently emerged as a versatile way to overcome
limitations in the number of effectively available dimensions by leveraging non‐spatial …

Photonic simulation of giant atom decay

S Longhi - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Spontaneous emission of an excited atom in a featureless continuum of electromagnetic
modes is a fundamental process in quantum electrodynamics associated with an …

Edge state, localization length, and critical exponent from survival probability in topological waveguides

LC Wang, Y Chen, M Gong, F Yu, QD Chen, ZN Tian… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Edge states in topological phase transitions have been observed in various platforms. To
date, verification of the edge states and the associated topological invariant are mostly …