In a paper published in National Science Review, researchers report on the discovery of a novel octupole topological insulating phase, protected by a 3D momentum-space nonsymmorphic group, within ...

Topological materials could also help build quantum computers by creating quantum bits, or qubits, that can store multiple electronic states at the same time, similar to the way electronic bits in ...

The Hopkins team simulated several scenarios using pictures of outer space as if they had been captured with a camera, placing a black hole and the topological soliton in front of the lens. The ...

For topological quantum computing, Majorana particles — more specifically Majorana zero modes — are the tool of choice. Named for Italian physicist Ettore Majorana, who predicted them in 1937, these ...

Nanophotonic light emitters are compact and versatile devices with wide-ranging applications in applied physics. In a new report now published on Science Advances, Ki Young Lee and a research team ...

The different patterns of the two photonic crystals gave rise to a one-way, robust photonic edge state, much like the electronic edge states in a topological insulator. The magnetic field opened an ...

In a leap forward for quantum computing, a Microsoft team led by UC Santa Barbara physicists on Wednesday unveiled an eight-qubit topological quantum processor, the first of its kind. The chip, built ...