Back to Search Start Over

Non-Hermitian route to higher-order topology in an acoustic crystal

Non-Hermitian route to higher-order topology in an acoustic crystal

Authors :
He Gao
Haoran Xue
Zhongming Gu
Tuo Liu
Jie Zhu
Baile Zhang
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Losses, due to their non-Hermitian nature, are generally disregarded or even considered harmful when looking for non-trivial topological phases. Here, the authors experimentally demonstrate that higher-order topology can emerge as a result of introducing losses in an acoustic crystal.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fca3952504874bd6b8a72b30a55970f5
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22223-y