Physicists at UC Santa Barbara, with colleagues at University of Michigan (UM) and The University of Chicago (UChicago), have developed design rules that take advantage of topological defects to ...

Scientists developed a reconfigurable topological photonic system that steers light in real time using optical pumping, ...

Research shows twisting light-matter coupling can unlock unusual topological phenomena, advancing nanophotonics and quantum ...

Topological photonics has emerged as a powerful paradigm for achieving robust light transport that is immune to imperfections, disorder, and ...

We developed a systematic approach to study the topological phases through analyzing the boundary gapless theory. Our main results include: We introduce the twist defect in 2+1 dimensional topological ...

When we talk about defects, we generally think of flaws or impairments. However, as far as materials science is concerned, defects represent windows of opportunity. A new Collaborative Research Center ...