声子晶体中的声谷态输运

如同自旋电子学中的自旋,固体中的能谷自由度可视为新的信息载体,从而用于未来的电子器件设计。最近,作者将谷态的概念引入到声子晶体中,揭示其涡旋属性并建立激发选择定则。有趣的是,声谷态可由外部声场直接激发,并通过探测声子晶体内外的声场分布展示其极化特性。这种涡旋手性锁定的谷输运将为人们提供全新的声波操控方式。考虑到声和物质的相互作用,也可预期谷涡旋态的其它新奇应用,如旋转操纵微颗粒等。进一步研究发现,存在两类拓扑非平庸的声谷霍尔相,它们之间的界面可以支持拓扑保护的边缘态。研究表明,该边缘态具备各种新颖的性质,如谷选择性激发、边界拐弯抗反射等。     

基于声子晶体板的弹性波拓扑保护边界态

基于声子晶体拓扑特性构造的弹性波拓扑态在波调控方面具有背散射抑制和路径缺陷免疫等优异特性,受到广泛关注.本文设计了一种声子晶体板结构,通过在初始元胞中引入具有一定旋转角度的三角形穿孔实现对称性破缺,从而构造四重简并态.与现有利用能带"区域折叠"进行构造的方法相比,该方法简化了声子晶体的元胞构型.元胞的主要变量为三角形穿孔围绕其中心旋转角度θ,研究发现,旋转角度θ=0°时,元胞能带结构存在两个二重简并态,调整旋转角度到±33°时,布里渊区中心G点处出现四重简并态,并发现旋转角度越过±33°时均会发生能带反转,这表明调整晶体结构参数θ使得体系经历拓扑相变.利用具有不同拓扑相的声子晶体组成超元胞,并通过计算其投影能带,发现能带结构中存在弹性波带隙以及不同赝自旋方向的两种边界态.在此基础上,构造多种不同类型的弹性声子晶体板,验证了拓扑边界态对弹性波传播的强背散射抑制、缺陷免疫单向传播和多波导通道开关特性.本文中所设计的弹性声子晶体板具有结构简单、特性易调的特点,为利用拓扑态实现弹性波调控提供了一个可行方案.     

声子晶体中的多重拓扑相

研究了圆环型波导依照蜂窝结构排列的声子晶体系统中的拓扑相变.利用晶格结构的点群对称性实现赝自旋,并在圆环中引入旋转气流来打破时间反演对称性.通过紧束缚近似模型计算的解析结果表明,没有引入气流时,调节几何参数,系统存在普通绝缘体和量子自旋霍尔效应绝缘体两个相;引入气流后,可以实现新的时间反演对称性破缺的量子自旋霍尔效应相,而增大气流强度,则可以实现量子反常霍尔效应相.这三个拓扑相可以通过自旋陈数来分类.通过有限元软件模拟了多个系统中边界态的传播,发现不同于量子自旋霍尔效应相,量子反常霍尔相系统的表面只支持一种自旋的边界态,并且它无需时间反演对称性保护.     

拓扑声子与声子霍尔效应

拓扑学与物理的结合是近几十年物理学蓬勃发展的一个新领域,它不仅活跃在量子场理论以及高能物理中,更广泛地存在于凝聚态物理体系中,包括量子(反常、自旋)霍尔效应和拓扑绝缘体(超导体)等.声子是凝聚态体系中热输运的主要载体;最近由于各种声子器件的发现,声子学得到了广泛的关注.本文介绍了声子的拓扑性质以及声子的霍尔效应现象,分别评述了在破坏时间反演对称、破坏空间反演对称、以及同时破坏时间和空间反演对称三种情况下所产生的声子霍尔效应、声子谷霍尔效应等相关物理研究进展.最后对拓扑学在其他声学体系中的应用做了简单介绍,并进一步讨论了其未来的发展方向.     

基于复合蜂窝结构的宽带周期与非周期声拓扑绝缘体

具有良好可重构性、良好缺陷兼容性及紧凑型的声学拓扑结构可能成为声学发展中一个有前景的方向.本文设计了一种可调谐、应用于空气声的二维宽带复合蜂窝形晶格结构,其元胞拥有两个变量:一个是中心圆的缩放参数s,另一个是"花瓣"图案围绕其质心的旋转角度q.研究发现当s为1.2, q为±33°时,在结构的布里渊区中心点出现四重简并态.在±33°两侧,能带会发生反转,体系经历拓扑相变;同时,结构的相对带隙宽带逐渐增加,其中q为0°和60°时,相对带宽分别为0.39和0.33.本研究还计算了由这两种转角的声子晶体组成的拼合结构的投影能带,发现在其体带隙中存在着边界态并验证了此拓扑边界的缺陷免疫特性.最后通过变化s,构建了一种非周期性双狄拉克锥型的声拓扑绝缘体并验证了其缺陷免疫性.本研究的体系相对带宽显著超过已知体系,将为利用声拓扑边界的声波器件微型化打下良好的基础.     

空间盘绕型声学超材料的亚波长拓扑谷自旋态

声子晶体的Dirac线性色散关系,使其具有奇特的声拓扑特性,在声波控制领域具有良好的应用前景.目前,声子晶体的拓扑边缘态主要基于Bragg散射所产生的能带结构,难以实现低频声波的受拓扑保护单向边缘传输.本文引入空间盘绕结构,设计了具有C_(3v)对称性的空间盘绕型声学超材料,并研究其布里渊区高对称点(K/K'点)的亚波长Dirac锥形线性色散.接着,通过旋转打破空间盘绕型声学超材料的镜像对称性,使其Dirac简并锥裂开而产生亚波长拓扑相变和亚波长拓扑谷自旋态.最后,采用拓扑相位互逆的声学超材料构造拓扑界面,实现声拓扑谷自旋传输.空间盘绕型声学超材料的亚波长Dirac线性色散与亚波长拓扑谷自旋态突破了声子拓扑绝缘体的几何尺寸限制,为声拓扑稳健传输在低频段的应用提供理论基础.     

基于局域共振单元实现声子晶体低频多通道滤波

从理论上提出一种由局域共振单元组成的声子晶体低频多通道滤波模型.在二维三组元局域共振声子晶体中引入不同填充率的共振单元构成波导结构,通过有限元法计算出其能带结构、透射曲线和透射场图.结果显示:这种设计能够在低频带隙范围内不同填充率散射体的共振频率附近产生新的分立模,且这些分立模能够使相应的声波在声子晶体中沿波导方向传播;这些分立模只与相应的共振单元相关,抗干扰能力强.所得结果为低频多通道滤波器的设计提供了一种新的理论依据.     

一维颗粒声子晶体的拓扑相变及可调界面态

基于Su-Schrieffer-Heeger模型,构造了一种一维非线性声子晶体,通过调控外加在声子晶体上的预紧力,可调控声子晶体的拓扑态,从而实现拓扑相变.利用这一效应,把该非线性声子晶体与另一线性声子晶体形成异质结构,可以实现一种新型声学开关:通过调节预紧力即调控非线性声子晶体的拓扑相,可以实现异质结构中界面态从无到有的转变,从而实现了开关效应.利用该效应可望开发新型声学器件,如可调谐振器、可调滤波器、可调隔振器等.     

点缺陷阵列对声子晶体波导定向辐射性能的影响

将点缺陷阵列应用于声子晶体波导,提出一种具有高定向辐射性能的复合声子晶体波导. 基于有限元法的数值分析表明,附加到声子晶体波导表面的点缺陷阵列可激发出作为次级声源的谐振模. 谐振模辐射的声波与波导出射端口直接辐射的声波相互干涉,可以使声子晶体波导的法向辐射声压提高161.21%、发散角减小85.35%. 当点缺陷的数目增大到一定程度后,波导的定向辐射性能不再有明显的改善. 该研究为改善波导的定向辐射性能提供了一种新方法. 关键词： 声子晶体波导 点缺陷 谐振模 定向辐射     

拓扑声子晶体

拓扑物态是当前凝聚态及材料物理领域的关注焦点.声子晶体是具有周期性结构的人工材料,其中的声子态或声波态也可具有拓扑性质.从声子晶体的背景知识出发,介绍了2类拓扑声子晶体的研究进展,即能谷声子晶体和外尔声子晶体,它们具有良好鲁棒性及超导传输特性的拓扑界/表面波,这种无障碍的传输特性具有广阔的应用前景.     

Higher-Order Topological Spin Hall Effect of Sound

We theoretically propose a reconfigurable two-dimensional(2 D) hexagonal sonic crystal with higher-order topology protected by the six-fold,C_6,rotation symmetry.The acoustic band gap and band topology can be controlled by rotating the triangular scatterers in each unit cell.In the nontrivial phase,the sonic crystal realizes the topological spin Hall effect in a higher-order fashion:(i) the edge states emerging in the bulk band gap exhibit partial spin-momentum correlation and are gapped due to the reduced spatial symmetry at the edges.(ii) The gapped edge states,on the other hand,stabilize the topological corner states emerging in the edge band gap.The partial spin-momentum correlation is manifested as pseudo-spin-polarization of edge states away from the time-reversal invariant momenta,where the pseudospin is emulated by the acoustic orbital angular momentum.We reveal the underlying topological mechanism using a corner topological index based on the symmetry representation of the acoustic Bloch bands.     

Vector valley Hall edge solitons in the photonic lattice with type-II Dirac cones

Topological edge solitons represent a significant research topic in the nonlinear topological photonics. They maintain their profiles during propagation, due to the joint action of lattice potential and nonlinearity, and at the same time are immune to defects or disorders, thanks to the topological protection. In the past few years topological edge solitons were reported in systems composed of helical waveguide arrays, in which the time-reversal symmetry is effectively broken. Very recently, topological valley Hall edge solitons have been demonstrated in straight waveguide arrays with the time-reversal symmetry preserved. However, these were scalar solitary structures. Here, for the first time, we report vector valley Hall edge solitons in straight waveguide arrays arranged according to the photonic lattice with innate type-II Dirac cones, which is different from the traditional photonic lattices with type-I Dirac cones such as honeycomb lattice. This comes about because the valley Hall edge state can possess both negative and positive dispersions, which allows the mixing of two different edge states into a vector soliton. Our results not only provide a novel avenue for manipulating topological edge states in the nonlinear regime, but also enlighten relevant research based on the lattices with type-II Dirac cones.     

Tailoring edge and interface states in topological metastructures exhibiting the acoustic valley Hall effect

In this study, we investigate the acoustic topological insulator or topological metastructure, where an acoustic wave can exist only in an edge or interface state instead of propagating in bulk. Breaking the structural symmetry enables the opening of the Dirac cone in the band structure and the generation of a new band gap, wherein a topological edge or interface state emerges.Further, we systematically analyze two types of topological states that stem from the acoustic valley Hall effect mechanism;one type is confined to the boundary, whereas the other type can be observed at the interface between two topologically different structures. Results denote that the selection of different boundaries along with appropriately designed interfaces provides the acoustic waves in the band gap range with abilities of one-way propagation, dual-channel propagation, immunity from backscattering at sharp corners, and/or transition between propagation at interfaces and boundaries. Furthermore, we show that the acoustic wave propagation paths can be tailored in diverse and arbitrary ways by combing the two aforementioned types of topological states.     

Broadband topological valley-projected edge-states transport in composite structure phononic crystal

The topological valley transport, realized in phononic crystals, has aroused tremendous interest in these years. Many previous researches have further promoted the development of this transport phenomenon. Crucially, the bandwidth of the valley-projected edge mode has been an essential research topic. As is well known, the broadband will improve the adaptability of the acoustic edge-states, which will be more conducive to the transmission of information. Therefore, in this paper, we present a composite structure, composed of the atoms with different shapes forming a hexagonal lattice, which can achieve larger bandwidth than a single structure. Meanwhile, the results demonstrate that the topological protected edge states are also observed in our structure. Furthermore, the backscattering suppressions from associated valley-protected edge states under certain perturbations have also been investigated and demonstrated. Our work can provide a new idea for designing acoustic devices based on valley degree of freedom.     

Observation of topological valley transport of elastic waves in bilayer phononic crystal slabs

In this Letter, we propose a unique bilayer design of phononic crystal slabs that are constructed by two layers of snowflake phononic crystal plates connected by a honeycomb array of cylinders. By tuning orientations of snowflake-shaped holes in both layers, we achieve two kinds of valley-projected topological elastic insulators distinguished by conventional and layer-polarized topological valley Hall phases. Then, between different conventional and layer-polarized topological valley Hall phases, two kinds of edge modes, layer-mixed and layer-polarized edge modes, are obtained and explored. In finite-size samples, the interesting topological transport properties, which the elastic wave can propagate alternatively between both layers and only in a single layer, are realized by exciting layer-mixed and layer-polarized edge states. In addition, we design an interlayer converter to realize conversion of the elastic wave propagation between both layers. Our research promotes the development of topological elastic insulators and provides a route for various practical applications.     

Bulk-edge correspondence in graphene with/without magnetic field: Chiral symmetry,Dirac fermions and edge states

There are two types of edge states in graphene with/without magnetic field. One is a quantum Hall edge state, which is topologically protected against small perturbation. The other is a chiral zero mode that is localized near the boundary with/without magnetic field. The latter is also topological but is guaranteed to be at zero energy by the chiral symmetry, which is also responsible for massless Dirac-like dispersion. Conceptual roles of the edge states are stressed and reviewed from the point of view of the bulk-edge correspondence and topological order.     

Weyl semimetal in a topological insulator multilayer

We propose a simple realization of the three-dimensional (3D) Weyl semimetal phase, utilizing a multilayer structure, composed of identical thin films of a magnetically doped 3D topological insulator, separated by ordinary-insulator spacer layers. We show that the phase diagram of this system contains a Weyl semimetal phase of the simplest possible kind, with only two Dirac nodes of opposite chirality, separated in momentum space, in its band structure. This Weyl semimetal has a finite anomalous Hall conductivity and chiral edge states and occurs as an intermediate phase between an ordinary insulator and a 3D quantum anomalous Hall insulator. We find that the Weyl semimetal has a nonzero dc conductivity at zero temperature, but Drude weight vanishing as T(2), and is thus an unusual metallic phase, characterized by a finite anomalous Hall conductivity and topologically protected edge states.     

Photoinduced anisotropic edge states and signatures of nonequilibrium spin polarization in silicene nanoribbons

Most topological phase transitions are accompanied by the emergence of surface/edge states with spin dependence. Usually, the quantized Hall conductivity cannot characterize the anisotropic transports and spin dependence of topological states. Here, we study the intricate topological phase transition and the anisotropic behavior of edge states in silicene nanoribbon submitted to an electric field or/and a light irradiation. It is interesting to find that a circularly polarized light can induce a type-II quantum anomaly Hall phase, which is manifested as the high Chern number and the strong anisotropic edge states. Besides the measurement of the quantized Hall conductivity, we further propose to probe these topological phase transitions and the anisotropy of edge states by measuring the current-induced nonequilibrium spin polarization. It is found that the spin polarization exhibits more signatures about the behavior of surface/edge states, beyond the quantized Hall conductivity, especially for spin-dependent transports with different velocities.