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20182026
most citedNonlinear control of PT-symmetry and non-Hermitian topological states

297 citations · 1.2k across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

physics.optics2026

Topological photonics in one-dimensional settings

Shiqi Xia, Ziteng Wang, Domenico Bongiovanni +7

Over the past decade, topological photonics has emerged as a vibrant field, attracting significant attention and witnessing remarkable advancements. This growth can be attributed t…

physics.optics2025

Strain-Induced Boundary States and Phase Transitions in Graphene Flakes

Yongsheng Liang, Shiqi Xia, Daohong Song +2

Strain has been extensively employed to tailor graphene's properties and has emerged as a powerful tool for engineering gauge fields and exploring fundamental phenomena in artifici…

physics.optics2025

Unveiling prethermalization and thermal processes through the simplest one-dimensional topological model

Guowen Yang, Jiale Wang, Yichuan Chen +5

Drawing on classical thermodynamic principles-such as the equipartition of energy and entropy maximization-extensive research has shown that the evolution of optical power in multi…

physics.optics2025

Observation of doubly-degenerate topological flatbands of edge states in strained graphene

Yongsheng Liang, Jingyan Zhan, Shiqi Xia +2

Flat bands are of significant interest due to their potential for energy confinement and their ability to enable strongly correlated physics. Incorporating topology into flatband s…

physics.optics2025

Observation of Topological Armchair Edge States in Photonic Biphenylene Network

Qi Zhong, Yongsheng Liang, Shiqi Xia +2

Edge states in 2D materials are vital for advancements in spintronics, quantum computing, and logic transistors. For graphene nanoribbons, it is well known that the zigzag edges ca…

physics.optics2024

Bulk-hole correspondence and inner robust boundary modes in singular flatband lattices

Limin Song, Shenyi Gao, Shiqi Xia +5

Topological entities based on bulk-boundary correspondence are ubiquitous, from conventional to higher-order topological insulators, where the protected states are typically locali…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

Soft-Matter-Based Topological Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers

Yu Wang, Shiqi Xia, Jingbin Shao +7

Polarized topological vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), as stable and efficient on-chip light sources, play an important role in the next generation of optical stor…

physics.optics2024

Optical Vortex Ladder via Sisyphus Pumping of Pseudospin

Sihong Lei, Shiqi Xia, Daohong Song +3

Robust higher-order optical vortices are much in demand for applications in optical manipulation, optical communications, quantum entanglement and quantum computing. However, in nu…

physics.optics2023★ 13 cited

Observation of topologically distinct corner states in "bearded" photonic Kagome lattices

Limin Song, Domenico Bongiovanni, Zhichan Hu +6

Kagome lattices represent an archetype of intriguing physics, attracting a great deal of interest in different branches of natural sciences, recently in the context of topological…

physics.optics2023

Deep learning empowered synthetic dimension dynamics: morphing of light into topological modes

Shiqi Xia, Sihong Lei, Daohong Song +7

Synthetic dimensions (SDs) opened the door for exploring previously inaccessible phenomena in high-dimensional synthetic space. However, construction of synthetic lattices with des…

physics.optics2023★ 44 cited

Photonic realization of a generic type of graphene edge states exhibiting topological flat band

Shiqi Xia, Yongsheng Liang, Liqin Tang +3

Cutting a honeycomb lattice (HCL) can end up with three types of edges (zigzag, bearded and armchair), as is well known in the study of graphene edge states. Here we theoretically…

physics.optics2022

Mapping and manipulation of topological singularities: from photonic graphene to T-graphene

Sihong Lei, Shiqi Xia, Junqian Wang +6

Topological singularities (TSs) in momentum space give rise to intriguing fundamental phenomena as well as unusual material properties, attracting a great deal of interest in the p…

physics.optics2022★ 1 cited

Photonic p-orbital higher-order topological insulators

Yahui Zhang, Domenico Bongiovanni, Ziteng Wang +9

The orbital degrees of freedom play a pivotal role in understanding fundamental phenomena in solid-state materials as well as exotic quantum states of matter including orbital supe…

physics.optics2022

Topological flatband loop states in fractal-like photonic lattices

Limin Song, Yuqing Xie, Shiqi Xia +4

Noncontractible loop states (NLSs) are recently realized topological entity in flatband lattices, arising typically from band touching at a point where a flat band intersects one o…

cond-mat.dis-nn2022★ 13 cited

Persistent homology analysis of a generalized Aubry-André-Harper model

Yu He, Shiqi Xia, Dimitris G. Angelakis +3

Observing critical phases in lattice models is challenging due to the need to analyze the finite time or size scaling of observables. We study how the computational topology techni…

physics.optics2022★ 1 cited

Robustness versus sensitivity in non-Hermitian topological lattices probed by pseudospectra

I. Komis, D. Kaltsas, S. Xia +3

Non-Hermitian topological systems simultaneously posses two antagonistic features: ultra sensitivity due to exceptional points and robustness of topological zero energy modes, and…

physics.optics2021

Topologically tuned terahertz confinement in a nonlinear photonic chip

Jiayi Wang, Shiqi Xia, Ride Wang +8

Compact terahertz (THz) functional devices are greatly sought after for high-speed wireless communication, biochemical sensing, and non-destructive inspection. However, conventiona…

physics.optics2021

Realization of second-order photonic square-root topological insulators

Wenchao Yan, Daohong Song, Shiqi Xia +4

Square-root higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) are recently discovered new topological phases, with intriguing topological properties inherited from a parent lattice Hamil…

physics.optics2021★ 32 cited

Higher-order exceptional point and Landau-Zener Bloch oscillations in driven non-Hermitian photonic Lieb lattices

Shiqiang Xia, Carlo Danieli, Yingying Zhang +6

We propose a scheme to realize parity-time (PT) symmetric photonic Lieb lattices of ribbon shape and complex couplings, thereby demonstrating the higher-order exceptional point (EP…

physics.optics2021★ 35 cited

Fractal-like photonic lattices and localized states arising from singular and nonsingular flatbands

Yuqing Xie, Limin Song, Wenchao Yan +5

We realize fractal-like photonic lattices using cw-laser-writing technique, thereby observe distinct compact localized states (CLSs) associated with different flatbands in the same…

physics.optics2021★ 5 cited

Nonlinear control of photonic higher-order topological bound states in the continuum

Zhichan Hu, Domenico Bongiovanni, Dario Jukić +7

Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) are recently discovered topological phases, possessing symmetry-protected corner states with fractional charges. An unexpected connectio…

physics.optics2021★ 2 cited

Topological phenomena demonstrated in photorefractive photonic lattices

Shiqi Xia, Daohong Song, Nan Wang +5

Topological photonics has attracted widespread research attention in the past decade due to its fundamental interest and unique manner in controlling light propagation for advanced…

physics.optics2020

Valley-dependent wavepacket self-rotation and Zitterbewegung in symmetry-broken honeycomb lattices

Xiuying Liu, Frane Lunić, Daohong Song +6

The toolbox quantities used for manipulating the flow of light include typically amplitude, phase, and polarization. Pseudospins, such as those arising from valley degrees of freed…

physics.optics2020★ 63 cited

Weakly nonlinear topological gap solitons in Su-Schrieffer-Heeger photonic lattices

Min Guo, Shiqi Xia, Nan Wang +3

We study both theoretically and experimentally the effect of nonlinearity on topologically protected linear interface modes in a photonic Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) lattice. It is…