Topological Physics – Phenomena in physics controlled by the topology (often: the homotopy theory) of the physical system.
General theory:
In metamaterials:
topological phononics (sound waves?)
For quantum computation:
The field of topological photonics deals with electromagnetic phenomena (specifically the propagation of light in suitable materials) which mimic the behaviour of electrons in topological insulator materials: photonic crystals.
(For more see the references at photonic crystal.)
Original proposal:
Duncan Haldane, S. Raghu, Possible Realization of Directional Optical Waveguides in Photonic Crystals with Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 013904 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.013904]
Z. Wang, Y. D. Chong, J. D. Joannopoulos, M. Soljačić, Reflection-free one-way edge modes in a gyromagnetic photonic crystal, Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 100, no. 1, p. 013905, 2008 (doi:10.1103/physrevlett.100.013905)
First realizations:
Z. Wang, Y. Chong, J. D. Joannopoulos, and M. Soljačić, Observation of unidirectional backscattering-immune topological electromagnetic states, Nature, vol. 461, no. 7265, pp. 772–775, 2009 (doi:10.1038/nature08293)
M. C. Rechtsman, J. M. Zeuner, Y. Plotnik, et al., Photonic Floquet topological insulators, Nature, vol. 496, no. 7444, pp. 196–200, 2013 (doi:10.1038/nature12066)
Review:
Ling Lu, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić, Topological photonics, Nature Photonics 8 (2014) 821–829 [nphoton:2014.248]
Tomoki Ozawa, et al., Topological photonics, Rev. Mod. Phys. 91, 015006 2019 (doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.91.015006)
Mordechai Segev, Miguel A. Bandres, Topological photonics: Where do we go from here?, De Gruyter 2020 (doi:10.1515/nanoph-2020-0441)
Charles Choi, Topological Photonics: What It Is and Why We Need It, IEEE Spectrum, Mar 2020 (web)
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