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2026
Supersolids at room temperature
Supersolids are an exotic macroscopic quantum phase that exists in ultracold atomic gases and III-V semiconductors at cryogenic temperatures. We experimentally demonstrate exciton-polariton supersolids at room temperature.
Room-temperature polariton supersolids
Jingwen Ma*; Yuanhao Gong*; Shuang Zhang; Xiaobo Yin†; Xiang Zhang†. Research Square (preprint) (2026)
Excitonic negative refraction mediated by magnetic orders
We report the first excitonic negative refraction. This work is featured in Phys.org, Mirage News, EurekAlert!, Sciencenet (科学网), 星島頭條, 明報.
Excitonic negative refraction mediated by magnetic orders
Jingwen Ma*; Xiong Wang*; Yuanhao Gong; Chong Hu; Qi Wang; Kai Feng; Zemeng Lin; Teruya Ishihara; Nicholas Fang; Xiaobo Yin; Shuang Zhang; Zuxin Chen†; Xiaoze Liu†; Xiaodong Cui; Xiang Zhang†. Nature Nanotechnology, 21, 374-379 (2026)
Monolayer J-aggregate crystals strong coupling with an all-dielectric metasurface for photonic properties modification
Xinyi Zhao; Jingwen Ma; Fuhuan Shen†; Xiaokun Guo; Zefeng Chen†; Jianbin Xu†. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 20, 2, e01208 (2026)
2025
topological_paramatric_phonon_oscillator
Interacting topological bosonic systems exhibit fundamentally distinct behaviour to their fermionic counterparts. We report the first topological parametric oscillators based on a Dirac-vortex nano-electro-mechanical cavity.
A topological parametric phonon oscillator
Xiang Xi*; Jingwen Ma*; Xiankai Sun†. Advanced Materials, 37, 2, 2309015 (2025)
Stacking the future of heterogeneous optoelectronics
Jingwen Ma; Xiaobo Yin. Science, 387, eadw1922 (2025) [Invited Expert Commentary]
2024
vortex_string_chiral_mode
Vortex strings are hypothetical topological defects in the geometry of spacetime in cosmology. We report the first experimental observations of vortex string chiral modes using a meta-material system.
Observation of vortex-string chiral modes in metamaterials
Jingwen Ma; Ding Jia; Li Zhang; Yi-jun Guan; Yong Ge; Hong-xiang Sun†; Shou-qi Yuan; Hongsheng Chen; Yihao Yang†; Xiang Zhang†. Nature Communications, 15, 2332 (2024)
Parity-time and anti-parity-time symmetries in heat transfer
Jingwen Ma; Xiang Zhang; Xiaobo Yin†. National Science Review, 11, 9, nwae275 (2024) [Invited Commentary]
2023
Dirac-vortex lasers
We report the first Dirac-vortex microcavity laser that harnesses an auxiliary orbital degree of freedom. This work is featured in Light: Science & Applications 13, 64 (2024), Phys.org, and Sciencenet (科学网).
Room-temperature continuous-wave Dirac-vortex topological lasers on silicon
Jingwen Ma*; Taojie Zhou*; Mingchu Tang*; Haochuan Li; Zhan Zhang; Xiang Xi; Mickael Martin; Thierry Baron; Huiyun Liu; Zhaoyu Zhang†; Siming Chen†; Xiankai Sun†. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 255 (2023)
Exciton polaritons in emergent two-dimensional semiconductors
Haifeng Kang; Jingwen Ma†; Junyu Li; Xiang Zhang†; Xiaoze Liu†. ACS Nano, 17, 24, 24449-24467 (2023)
2022
Monolithically integrated ultralow threshold topological corner state nanolasers on silicon
Taojie Zhou*; Jingwen Ma*; Mingchu Tang*; Haochuan Li; Mickael Martin; Thierry Baron; Huiyun Liu†; Siming Chen†; Xiankai Sun†; Zhaoyu Zhang†. ACS Photonics, 9, 12, 3824-3830 (2022)
2021
Nanomechanical topological insulators
We report a topological system with an auxiliary orbital degree of freedom. This work is featured in Nature Nanotechnology 16 (5): 487-489 (2021).
Nanomechanical topological insulators with an auxiliary orbital degree of freedom
Jingwen Ma*; Xiang Xi*; Yuan Li; Xiankai Sun†. Nature Nanotechnology, 16, 5, 576-583 (2021)
Experimental demonstration of dual-band nanoelectromechanical valley-Hall topological metamaterials
Jingwen Ma*; Xiang Xi*; Xiankai Sun†. Advanced Materials, 33, 10, 2006521 (2021)
Observation of chiral edge states in gapped nanomechanical graphene
Xiang Xi*; Jingwen Ma*; Shuai Wan; Chun-Hua Dong; Xiankai Sun†. Science Advances, 7, 2, eabe1398 (2021) [This work is featured in Phys.org and StatNano]
Experimental investigation of the angular symmetry of optical force in a solid dielectric
Xiang Xi; Jingwen Ma; Zhong-Hao Zhou; Xin-Xin Hu; Yuan Chen; Chang-Ling Zou†; Chun-Hua Dong†; Xiankai Sun†. Optica, 8, 11, 1435-1441 (2021)
2019
Valley kink states
We demonstrate topological photonic integrated circuits. This work is featured as cover article.
Topological photonic integrated circuits based on valley kink states
Jingwen Ma; Xiang Xi; Xiankai Sun†. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 13, 12, 1900087 (2019)
Amplification of 18 OAM modes in a ring-core Erbium-doped fiber with low differential modal gain
Jingwen Ma*; Fei Xia*; Shi Chen*; Jian Wang†. Optics Express, 27, 26, 38087-38097 (2019)
Optically controlled topologically protected acoustic wave amplification
Jingwen Ma; Ziyao Feng; Yuan Li; Xiankai Sun†. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 26, 5, 7600410 (2019)
Photonic integrated circuits with bound states in the continuum
Zejie Yu; Xiang Xi; Jingwen Ma; Hon Ki Tsang; Chang-Ling Zou; Xiankai Sun†. Optica, 6, 10, 1342-1348 (2019)
2016
graphene_isolator
We propose a new design of on-chip isolator using photonic spin-orbit interaction. This work is featured as cover article and selected by Optics & Photonics News (OPN), The optical Society's monthly news magazine, as one of the world's 30 most clearly communicated breakthroughs in optics in 2016.
Hybrid graphene/silicon integrated optical isolators with photonic spin-orbit interaction
Jingwen Ma; Xiang Xi; Zejie Yu; Xiankai Sun†. Applied Physics Letters, 108, 15, 151103 (2016)