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20102026
most citedObservation of Parity-Time Symmetry in Optically Induced Atomic Lattices

341 citations · 2.8k across the 58 of their papers we have counts for

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58 papers

physics.optics2026★ 2 cited

Vortex solitons in disclination quasicrystals

Hua Zhong, Yaroslav V Kartashov, Yongdong Li +2

Being structures characterized by discrete rotational symmetry of order , photonic quasicrystals are capable to support stable propagation of linear vortex-carry…

physics.optics2023★ 14 cited

Floquet edge solitons in modulated trimer waveguide arrays

Shuang Shen, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Yongdong Li +1

We show that one-dimensional Floquet trimer arrays with periodically oscillating waveguides support two different and co-existing types of topological Floquet edge states in two di…

physics.optics2023★ 37 cited

Observation of solitons in oscillating waveguide arrays

Antonina A. Arkhipova, Yiqi Zhang, Yaroslav V. Kartashov +8

Floquet systems with periodically varying in time parameters enable realization of unconventional topological phases that do not exist in static systems with constant parameters an…

physics.optics2023★ 55 cited

Observation of nonlinear disclination states

Boquan Ren, A. A. Arkhipova, Yiqi Zhang +10

Introduction of controllable deformations into periodic materials that lead to disclinations in their structure opens novel routes for construction of higher-order topological insu…

physics.optics2022★ 7 cited

Floquet topological insulators with hybrid edges

Boquan Ren, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Hongguang Wang +2

Topological edge states form at the edges of periodic materials with specific degeneracies in their modal spectra, such as Dirac points, under the action of effects breaking certai…

physics.optics2022★ 26 cited

Nonlinear photonic disclination states

Boquan Ren, Hongguang Wang, Yaroslav V. Kartashov +2

Higher-order topological insulators are unusual materials that can support topologically protected states, whose dimensionality is lower than the dimensionality of the structure at…

physics.optics2022★ 20 cited

Valley Hall edge solitons in a photonic graphene

Qian Tang, Boquan Ren, Victor O. Kompanets +3

We predict the existence and study properties of the valley Hall edge solitons in a composite photonic graphene with a domain wall between two honeycomb lattices with broken invers…

physics.optics2022★ 32 cited

Dark topological valley Hall edge solitons

Boquan Ren, Hongguang Wang, Victor O. Kompanets +3

Topological edge solitons propagating along the edge of a photonic topological insulator are localized self-sustained hybrid states that are immune to de-fects/disorders due to pro…

physics.optics2022★ 17 cited

Vector valley Hall edge solitons in superhoneycomb lattices

Qian Tang, Yiqi Zhang, Yaroslav V. Kartashov +2

Topological edge solitons that bifurcate and inherit topological protection from linear edge states and, therefore, demonstrate immunity to disorder and defects upon propagation, a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 40 cited

Atomic-scale Manipulation of Single-Polaron in a Two-Dimensional Semiconductor

Huiru Liu, Aolei Wang, Ping Zhang +9

Polaron is a composite quasiparticle derived from an excess carrier trapped by local lattice distortion, and it has been studied extensively for decades both theoretically and expe…

physics.optics2021★ 57 cited

Theory of Topological Corner State Laser in Kagome Waveguide Arrays

Hua Zhong, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Alexander Szameit +3

In comparison with conventional lasers, topological lasers are more robust and can be immune to disorder or de-fects if lasing occurs in topologically protected states. Previously…

physics.optics2021★ 234 cited

Nonlinear second-order photonic topological insulators

Marco S. Kirsch, Yiqi Zhang, Mark Kremer +7

Higher-order topological insulators (HOTI) are a novel topological phase beyond the framework of the conventional bulk-boundary correspondence. In these peculiar systems, the topol…

physics.optics2020★ 73 cited

Nonlinear Topological Valley Hall Edge States Arising from Type-II Dirac Cones

Hua Zhong, Shiqi Xia, Yongdong Li +4

Type-II Dirac/Weyl points, although impermissible in particle physics due to Lorentz covariance, were uncovered in condensed matter physics, driven by fundamental interest and intr…

physics.optics2020★ 12 cited

Rabi oscillation of azimuthons in weakly nonlinear waveguides

Kaichao Jin, Yongdong Li, Feng Li +3

Rabi oscillation, an inter-band oscillation, depicts the periodic flopping between two states that belong to different energy levels in the presence of an oscillatory driving field…

physics.optics2020★ 36 cited

Nonlinear higher-order polariton topological insulator

Yiqi Zhang, Y. V. Kartashov, L. Torner +2

We address the resonant response and bistability of the exciton-polariton corner states in a higher-order nonlinear topological insulator realized with kagome arrangement of microc…

physics.optics2020★ 10 cited

Type-II Dirac photonic lattices

Kaichao Jin, Hua Zhong, Yongdong Li +5

Different from the Fermi surface of the type-I Dirac semimetal being a point, that of the type-II Dirac semimetal is a pair of crossing lines because the Dirac cone is tilted with…

physics.optics2019★ 38 cited

Flatband Line States in Photonic Super-Honeycomb Lattices

Wenchao Yan, Hua Zhong, Daohong Song +5

We establish experimentally a photonic super-honeycomb lattice (sHCL) by use of a cw-laser writing technique, and thereby demonstrate two distinct flatband line states that manifes…

physics.optics2019★ 33 cited

Floquet topological insulator laser

Sergey K. Ivanov, Yiqi Zhang, Yaroslav V. Kartashov +1

We introduce a class of topological lasers based on the photonic Floquet topological insulator concept. The proposed system is realized as a truncated array of the lasing helical w…

physics.optics2019★ 32 cited

Interface states in polariton topological insulators

Yiqi Zhang, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Albert Ferrando

We address linear and nonlinear topological interface states in polariton condensates excited at the interface of the honeycomb and Lieb arrays of microcavity pillars in the presen…

physics.optics2019★ 24 cited

Rabi-like oscillation of photonic topological valley Hall edge states

Hua Zhong, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Yiqi Zhang +4

We investigate Rabi-like oscillations of topological valley Hall edge states by introducing two zigzag domain walls in an inversion-symmetry-breaking honeycomb photonic lattice. Su…

physics.optics2019★ 14 cited

Generating Lieb and super-honeycomb lattices by employing the fractional Talbot effect

Hua Zhong, Yiqi Zhang, Milivoj R. Belic +1

We demonstrate a novel method for producing optically-induced Lieb and super-honeycomb lattices, by employing the fractional Talbot effect of specific periodic beam structures. Our…

physics.optics2019★ 13 cited

Asymmetric conical diffraction in dislocated edge-centered square lattices

Hua Zhong, Rong Wang, Milivoj R. Belic +2

We investigate linear and nonlinear evolution dynamics of light beams propagating along a dislocated edge-centered square lattice. The band structure and Brillouin zones of this no…

physics.optics2018

Inhibition of tunnelling and edge state control in polariton topological insulators

Yiqi Zhang, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Yanpeng Zhang +2

We address the inhibition of tunnelling in polariton condensates confined in a potential landscape created by a honeycomb array of microcavity pillars in the presence of spin-orbit…

physics.optics2018

Resonant edge-state switching in polariton topological insulators

Yiqi Zhang, Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Yanpeng Zhang +2

Topological insulators are unique devices supporting unidirectional edge states at their interfaces. Due to topological protection, such edge states persist in the presence of diso…