Topological photonics

As a branch of mathematics, topology studies the properties of objects that remain unchanged under continuous deformations. Despite its abstract nature, topology has direct applications in physics. It helps explain the precise quantization of Hall resistance in the quantum Hall effect, which persists even in the presence of defects and impurities, the phenomenon of anomalous velocity, and a range of other physical effects. The importance of the discovery of topological phases of matter and topological phase transitions was recognized with the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Topological photonics explores ways to realize states of light that are protected against scattering caused by defects and structural imperfections. Such states hold promise for developing disorder-resistant devices for all-optical information processing.

At ITMO University, our research group studies topological states of both classical and quantum light, developing fundamental and applied concepts — from protected edge and corner states in linear and nonlinear photonic systems to methods for their coherent control.

Staff

Publications

2026

77.
, vol.
113
, 2026
[DOI:
10.1103/y9vn-bbnk
] [ IF:
3.140
, SJR:
1.391
]

2025

72.
  , vol.
23
, pp.
2726-2732
, 2025
[DOI:
10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c05951
] [ IF:
11.189
, SJR:
4.853
]

2024

69.

2023

2022

59.
58.
57.
  , vol.
128
, 2022
[DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.128.213903
] [ IF:
9.185
, SJR:
3.246
, NI:
1
]
56.
, vol.
105
, 2022
[DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.105.205117
] [ IF:
3.908
, SJR:
1.537
, NI:
1
]

2021

51.
  , pp.
2100065
, 2021
[DOI:
10.1002/smsc.202100065
] [ IF:
12.700
]
50.
, vol.
16
, 2021
[DOI:
10.1103/physrevapplied.16.024032
] [ IF:
4.931
, SJR:
1.534
]
47.
, vol.
46
, pp.
2726
, 2021
[DOI:
10.1364/ol.425841
] [ IF:
3.560
, SJR:
1.263
]

2020

44.
  , pp.
1900392
, 2020
[DOI:
10.1002/lpor.201900392
] [ IF:
13.138
, SJR:
3.778
]
42.
38.
, vol.
2300
, pp.
020107
, 2020
[DOI:
10.1063/5.0031935
] [ SJR:
0.190
]
37.
, vol.
102
, 2020
[DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.102.161112
] [ IF:
4.036
, SJR:
1.780
, NI:
1
]
36.
, vol.
102
, pp.
013510
, 2020
[DOI:
10.1103/physreva.102.013510
] [ IF:
3.140
, SJR:
1.391
]

2019

31.
Xiang Ni
Dmitry Filonov
Andrea Alú
Alexander Khanikaev
  , vol.
14
, pp.
89–94
, 2019
[DOI:
10.1038/s41566-019-0561-9
] [ IF:
31.241
, SJR:
13.614
, NI:
0.31
]
30.
Sunil Mittal
Venkata Vikram Orre
Guanyu Zhu
Mohammad Hafezi
  , vol.
13
, pp.
692-696
, 2019
[DOI:
10.1038/s41566-019-0452-0
] [ IF:
31.241
, SJR:
13.614
, NI:
0.22
]
29.
A.A. Gorlach
Alexander Khanikaev
, vol.
99
, pp.
205122
, 2019
[DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.99.205122
] [ IF:
3.575
, SJR:
1.811
]
27.
Denis Sokolov
Alexander Khanikaev
, vol.
44
, pp.
1694-1697
, 2019
[DOI:
10.1364/OL.44.001694
] [ IF:
3.714
, SJR:
1.788
]
26.
Xiang Ni
S. Hossein Mousavi
Daria A. Smirnova
Andrea Alú
Alexander Khanikaev
, vol.
114
, pp.
31103
, 2019
[DOI:
10.1063/1.5055601
] [ IF:
3.597
, SJR:
1.343
, NI:
0.37
]

2018

25.
Marko Di Liberto
Alessio Recati
Iacopo Carusotto
Chiara Menotti
, vol.
98
, pp.
63625
, 2018
[DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.98.063625
] [ IF:
2.907
, SJR:
1.268
]
23.
X. Ni
D.A. Smirnova
D. Korobkin
Andrea Alú
Alexander Khanikaev
, vol.
1092
, pp.
12176
, 2018
[DOI:
10.1088/1742-6596/1092/1/012176
] [ SJR:
0.241
]
22.
  , vol.
121
, pp.
163901
, 2018
[DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.163901
] [ IF:
9.227
, SJR:
3.571
]
21.
, vol.
98
, pp.
45415
, 2018
[DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.98.045415
] [ IF:
3.736
, SJR:
1.502
]
20.
Xiang Ni
David Purtseladze
Daria A. Smirnova
Andrea Alú
Alexander Khanikaev
  , vol.
4
, pp.
eaap8802
, 2018
[DOI:
10.1126/sciadv.aap8802
] [ IF:
12.804
, SJR:
6.267
]
19.
Xiang Ni
Daria A. Smirnova
Dmitry Korobkin
Andrea Alú
Alexander Khanikaev
  , vol.
9
, pp.
909
, 2018
[DOI:
10.1038/s41467-018-03330-9
] [ IF:
11.878
, SJR:
5.992
]
16.
Sergey Kruk
Daria Smirnova
Lei Wang
A Shorokhov
Ivan Kravchenko
Barry Luther-Davies
, vol.
14
, pp.
126
, 2018
[DOI:
10.1038/s41565-018-0324-7
]

2017

13.
D. Korobkin
X. Ni
D.A. Smirnova
Andrea Alú
Alexander Khanikaev
, vol.
1874
, pp.
30014
, 2017
[DOI:
10.1063/1.4998043
] [ SJR:
0.165
]
12.
, vol.
95
, pp.
53866
, 2017
[DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.95.053866
] [ IF:
2.909
, SJR:
1.482
]
11.
Ni Xiang
Andrea Alú
Alexander Khanikaev
, vol.
19
, 2017
[DOI:
10.1088/1367-2630/aa6996
] [ IF:
3.579
, SJR:
1.653
]
10.
9.
S. Kruk
D. Denkova
I. Kravchenko
A.E. Miroshnichenko
D. Neshev
  , vol.
13
, pp.
1603190
, 2017
[DOI:
10.1002/smll.201603190
] [ IF:
9.598
, SJR:
3.830
]
8.
S. Hossein Mousavi
Xiang Ni
Daria Smirnova
Alexander Khanikaev
  , vol.
11
, pp.
130-137
, 2017
[DOI:
10.1038/nphoton.2016.253
] [ IF:
32.521
, SJR:
16.462
]

2016

6.
Ye Feng Yu
Arseniy Kuznetsov
A.E. Miroshnichenko
  , vol.
10
, pp.
656–664
, 2016
[DOI:
10.1002/lpor.201600042
] [ IF:
8.434
, SJR:
4.013
]
5.
Alexander Khanikaev
Dmitry Filonov
Daria A. Smirnova
A.E. Miroshnichenko
, vol.
6
, pp.
22270
, 2016
[DOI:
10.1038/srep22270
] [ IF:
4.259
, SJR:
1.692
]

2015

3.
  , vol.
7
, pp.
11904-11908
, 2015
[DOI:
10.1039/C5NR00231A
] [ IF:
7.760
, SJR:
2.770
]
2.
  , vol.
114
, pp.
123901
, 2015
[DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.123901
] [ IF:
7.645
, SJR:
4.656
]

2014

1.
, vol.
1
, pp.
101–105
, 2014
[DOI:
10.1021/ph4000949
]