Current research objectives
One of the most recent achievements in condensed matter physics is the unified understanding of topological phases of matter. Being inspired by this more in-depth comprehension of topology, symmetry and interactions, new light is now being shed also on the fields of electromagnetics, photonics and phononics. While this inflow of knowledge helped us bridge hidden physical principles in condensed matter systems to those in macroscopic effective matter platforms, their full theoretical understanding and thorough experimental scrutinization are yet to come. Therefore, it is certain that the macroscopic effective matter platforms become increasingly indispensable for interdisciplinary investigation of fundamental physics and engineering applications. In line with these efforts, our group recently focuses on the following topics: