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20162025
most citedObservation of second-order topological insulators in sonic crystals

475 citations · 2.1k across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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30 papers

physics.optics2025★ 10 cited

Unveiling spin-orbital angular momentum locking in photonic Dirac vortex cavities

Haitao Li, Jiusi Yu, Jiayu Fan +6

Dirac vortices, originally studied in quantum field theories to predict localized zero-energy modes, were recently realized in photonics, leading to Dirac vortex cavities. With top…

physics.app-ph2024

Quadrupole topological behavior of elastic waves in two-dimensional square lattices with nonsymmorphic symmetries

Yijie Liu, Yuyang Chen, Zhaoyang Guo +4

We investigate a novel higher-order topological behavior in elastic lattices characterized by nonsymmorphic symmetries. In the theoretical spring-mass lattice, altering the vertex…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Observation of a -orbital higher-order topological insulator phase in puckered lattice acoustic metamaterials

Bing-Quan Wu, Zhi-Kang Lin, Li-Wei Wang +1

The puckered lattice geometry, along with -orbitals is often overlooked in the study of topological physics. Here, we investigate the higher-order topology of the -orbi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 14 cited

Non-Hermitian topological phases and skin effects in kagome lattices

Li-Wei Wang, Zhi-Kang Lin, Jian-Hua Jiang

Non-Hermitian physics has added new ingredients to topological physics, leading to the rising frontier of non-Hermitian topological phases. In this study, we investigate Chern insu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 5 cited

Probing fragile topology with a screw dislocation

Ying Wu, Zhi-Kang Lin, Yating Yang +3

Fragile topology, akin to twisted bilayer graphene and the exotic phases therein, is a notable topological class with intriguing properties. However, due to its unique nature and t…

quant-ph2023★ 32 cited

Measuring entanglement entropy and its topological signature for phononic systems

Zhi-Kang Lin, Yao Zhou, Bin Jiang +6

Entanglement entropy is a fundamental concept with rising importance in different fields ranging from quantum information science, black holes to materials science. In complex mate…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 3 cited

Topological phononic metamaterials

Weiwei Zhu, Weiyin Deng, Yang Liu +6

The concept of topological energy bands and their manifestations have been demonstrated in condensed matter systems as a fantastic paradigm toward unprecedented physical phenomena…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Topological phenomena at topological defects

Zhi-Kang Lin, Qiang Wang, Yang Liu +4

There are two prominent applications of the mathematical concept of topology to the physics of materials: band topology, which classifies different topological insulators and semim…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 118 cited

Hybrid topological photonic crystals

Yanan Wang, Hai-Xiao Wang, Li Liang +8

Photonic topological phases offering unprecedented manipulation of electromagnetic waves have attracted much research interest which, however, have been mostly restricted to a sing…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 2 cited

Observation of fractal topological states in acoustic metamaterials

Shengjie Zheng, Xianfeng Man, Ze-Lin Kong +6

Topological phases of matter have been extensively investigated in solid state materials and classical wave systems with integer dimensions. However, topological states in non-inte…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Observation of an acoustic topological Euler insulator with meronic waves

Bin Jiang, Adrien Bouhon, Shi-Qiao Wu +4

Topological band theory has conventionally been concerned with the topology of bands around a single gap. Only recently non-Abelian {topologies that thrive on involving multiple ga…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 13 cited

Observation of emergent Dirac physics at the surfaces of acoustic higher-order topological insulators

Fei Meng, Zhi-Kang Lin, Weibai Li +5

Using three-dimensional (3D) sonic crystals as acoustic higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs), we discover two-dimensional (2D) surface states described by spin-1 Dirac equat…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 1 cited

p-orbital disclination states in non-Euclidean geometries

Ying Chen, Yuhang Yin, Ze-Huan Zheng +5

Disclinations are ubiquitous lattice defects existing in almost all crystalline materials. In two-dimensional nanomaterials, disclinations lead to the warping and deformation of th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 14 cited

Dirac cones and higher-order topology in quasi-continuous media

Zhi-Kang Lin, Jian-Hua Jiang

We consider the Dirac cones and higher-order topological phases in quasi-continuous media of classical waves (e.g., photonic and sonic crystals). Using sonic crystals as prototype…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 8 cited

Topological Wannier cycles for the bulk and edges

Ze-Lin Kong, Zhi-Kang Lin, Jian-Hua Jiang

Topological materials are often characterized by unique edge states which are in turn used to detect different topological phases in experiments. Recently, with the discovery of va…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 1 cited

Observation of Higher-Order Topological States in Acoustic Twisted Moiré Superlattice

Shi-Qiao Wu, Zhi-Kang Lin, Bin Jiang +3

Twisted moiré superlattices (TMSs) are fascinating materials with exotic physical properties. Despite tremendous studies on electronic, photonic and phononic TMSs, it has never bee…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 98 cited

Experimental realization of single-plaquette gauge flux insertion and topological Wannier cycles

Zhi-Kang Lin, Ying Wu, Bin Jiang +4

Gauge fields are at the heart of the fundamental science of our universe and various materials. For instance, Laughlin's gedanken experiment of gauge flux insertion played a major…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 165 cited

Observation of non-Abelian topological semimetals and their phase transitions

Bin Jiang, Adrien Bouhon, Zhi-Kang Lin +5

Topological phases of matter lie at the heart of physics, connecting elegant mathematical principles to real materials that are believed to shape future electronic and quantum comp…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 164 cited

Observation of a phononic higher-order Weyl semimetal

Li Luo, Hai-Xiao Wang, Bin Jiang +4

Weyl semimetals are extraordinary systems where exotic phenomena such as Fermi arcs, pseudo-gauge fields and quantum anomalies arise from topological band degeneracy in crystalline…

physics.app-ph2020★ 81 cited

On-chip higher-order topological micromechanical metamaterials

Ying Wu, Mou Yan, Hai-Xiao Wang +2

Higher-order topological insulators exhibit multidimensional topological physics and unique application values due to their ability of integrating stable boundary states at multipl…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 196 cited

Higher-Order Weyl Semimetals

Hai-Xiao Wang, Zhi-Kang Lin, Bin Jiang +2

Higher-order topology yields intriguing multidimensional topological phenomena, while Weyl semimetals have unconventional properties such as chiral anomaly. However, so far, Weyl p…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 25 cited

Higher-order topological spin Hall effect of sound

Zhi-Kang Lin, Shi-Qiao Wu, Hai-Xiao Wang +1

We propose theoretically a reconfigurable two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal sonic crystal with higher-order topology protected by the six-fold, , rotation symmetry. The acoustic…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 48 cited

Corner states and topological transitions in two-dimensional higher-order topological sonic crystals with inversion symmetry

Zhan Xiong, Zhi-Kang Lin, Hai-Xiao Wang +4

Macroscopic two-dimensional sonic crystals with inversion symmetry are studied to reveal higher-order topological physics in classical wave systems. By tuning a single geometry par…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 309 cited

Experimental discovery of bulk-disclination correspondence

Yang Liu, Shuwai Leung, Fei-Fei Li +4

Most natural and artificial materials have crystalline structures from which abundant topological phases emerge [1-6]. The bulk-edge correspondence, widely-adopted in experiments t…