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ArticleNature communications2023

Topologically crafted spatiotemporal vortices in acoustics.

Hongliang Zhang, Yeyang Sun, Junyi Huang, Bingjun Wu, Zhaoju Yang, Konstantin Y Bliokh, Zhichao Ruan

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Hongliang Zhang *School of Physics, Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, and State Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
Yeyang Sun *School of Physics, Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, and State Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
Junyi Huang *School of Physics, Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, and State Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
Bingjun WuSchool of Physics, Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, and State Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
Zhaoju YangSchool of Physics, Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, and State Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China. zhaojuyang@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9880-2655
Konstantin Y BliokhTheoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
Zhichao RuanSchool of Physics, Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, and State Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China. zhichao@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8311-6970
Zhejiang University of Technology · CNPioneer (Japan) · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vortices in fluids and gases have piqued the human interest for centuries. Development of classical-wave physics and quantum mechanics highlighted wave vortices characterized by phase singularities and topological charges. In particular, vortex beams have found numerous applications in modern optics and other areas. Recently, optical spatiotemporal vortex states exhibiting the phase singularity both in space and time have been described. Here, we report the topologically robust generation of acoustic spatiotemporal vortex pulses. We utilize an acoustic meta-grating with broken mirror symmetry which exhibits a topological phase transition with a pair of phase singularities with opposite topological charges emerging in the momentum-frequency domain. We show that these vortices are topologically robust against structural perturbations of the meta-grating and can be employed for the generation of spatiotemporal vortex pulses. Our work paves the way for studies and applications of spatiotemporal structured waves in acoustics and other wave systems.

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