2 papers
cond-mat.mes-hall2025
Hierarchical Topological States without Dimension Reduction
Joel R. Pyfrom, Kai Sun, Jihong A. Ma
Topological insulators exhibit boundary states protected by bulk band topology, a principle first established in quantum systems and later extended to classical waves, including ph…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Lattice Materials with Topological States Optimized On-Demand
Pegah Azizi, Rahul Dev Kundu, Weichen Li +3
Topological states of matter, first discovered in quantum systems, have opened new avenues for wave manipulation beyond the quantum realm. In elastic media, realizing these topolog…