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20152020
most citedNovel topological beam-splitting in photonic crystals

76 citations · 78 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2020

Acoustic topological circuitry in square and rectangular phononic crystals

Nicolas Laforge, Richard Wiltshaw, Richard V. Craster +6

We systematically engineer a series of square and rectangular phononic crystals to create experimental realisations of complex topological phononic circuits. The exotic topological…

physics.optics2020

Hybrid topological guiding mechanisms for photonic crystal fibers

Mehul P. Makwana, Richard Wiltshaw, Sébastien Guenneau +1

We create hybrid topological-photonic localisation of light by introducing concepts from the field of topological matter to that of photonic crystal fiber arrays. S-polarized obliq…

physics.app-ph2020

Localising elastic edge waves via the topological rainbow effect

Bogdan Ungureanu, Mehul P. Makwana, Richard V. Craster +1

We combine two different fields, topological physics and graded metamaterials to design a topological metasurface to control and redirect elastic waves. We strategically design a t…

physics.comp-ph2020

Asymptotic approximations for Bloch waves and topological mode steering in a planar array of Neumann scatterers

Richard Wiltshaw, Richard V. Craster, Mehul P. Makwana

We study the canonical problem of wave scattering by periodic arrays, either of infinite or finite extent, of Neumann scatterers in the plane; the characteristic lengthscale of the…

physics.flu-dyn2019

Experimental observations of topologically guided water waves within non-hexagonal structures

Mehul P. Makwana, Nicolas Laforge, Richard V. Craster +4

We investigate symmetry-protected topological water waves within a strategically engineered square lattice system. Thus far, symmetry-protected topological modes in hexagonal syste…

physics.app-ph2019

Observations of symmetry induced topological mode steering in a reconfigurable elastic plate

Kun Tang, Mehul P. Makwana, Richard V. Craster +1

We experimentally investigate the valley-Hall effect for interfacial edge states, highlighting the importance of the modal patterns, between geometrically distinct regions within a…