Three-dimensional topological acoustic crystals with pseudospin-valley coupled saddle surface states

Valley states can be used to realise topologically protected transport. Here, He et al. show that considering additional degrees of freedom, together with glide symmetry, allow the design of 2D acoustic topological pseudospin-valley coupled saddle surface states in 3D structures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cheng He, Si-Yuan Yu, Hao Ge, Huaiqiang Wang, Yuan Tian, Haijun Zhang, Xiao-Chen Sun, Y. B. Chen, Jian Zhou, Ming-Hui Lu, Yan-Feng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07030-2