CM Seminar: TOPOLOGICAL CAVITY STATES IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC/PHONONIC CHIPS

Topological insulators are electronic systems with an insulating bulk and topologically protected boundary states. Conventional 2D topological insulators induce 1D edge states. Recent studies indicate that lower-dimensional topological states are also possible in electronic systems through higher-order topology, which, however, has been confirmed only in Bismuth in experiments [1]. In this talk, I will show that lower-dimensional topological wave trapping can be achieved in photonic and acoustic systems through several different mechanisms.