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20202026
most citedInverse design of higher-order photonic topological insulators

62 citations · 177 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

physics.optics2026

Multiplexed chiral and helical acoustic anomaly bulk states in an inverse-designed metamaterial

Xueyun Wen, Zhihao Lan, Zhongming Gu +2

Valley and pseudospin are fundamental degrees of freedom (DOFs) in topological acoustics. However, they have so far been realized mostly in separate systems. Here, we achieve the m…

physics.optics2026

Synthetic topological device for advancing elastic energy harvesting

Jiamin Guo, Zhongming Gu, Lei Fan +4

High-efficiency energy harvesting of ultrasonic elastic waves are crucial for powering electric gadgets in many emerging technologies such as wearable devices, wireless sensing, an…

physics.optics2021★ 48 cited

Dual-Polarization Second-Order Photonic Topological Insulators

Yafeng Chen, Fei Meng, Zhihao Lan +2

Second-order photonic topological insulators that host highly localized corner states resilient to defects, are opening new routes towards developing fascinating photonic devices.…

physics.optics2021★ 45 cited

Topologically protected second-harmonic generation via doubly resonant high-order photonic modes

Yafeng Chen, Zhihao Lan, Jensen Li +1

Topology-driven nonlinear light-matter effects open up new paradigms for both topological photonics and nonlinear optics. Here, we propose to achieve high-efficiency second-harmoni…

physics.app-ph2020★ 22 cited

Multidimensional sound propagation in 3D high-order topological sonic insulator

Fei Meng, Yafeng Chen, Weibai Li +2

High-order topological insulators (TIs) develop the conventional bulk-boundary correspondence theory and rise the interest in searching innovative topological materials. To realize…

physics.app-ph2020★ 62 cited

Inverse design of higher-order photonic topological insulators

Yafeng Chen, Fei Meng, Yuri Kivshar +2

Topological photonics revolutionizes some of the traditional approaches to light propagation and manipulation, and it provides unprecedented means for developing novel photonic dev…