Topological Photonics: Fundamentals and Applications provides an introduction to the key principles and advances in the understanding of topology and the design of new photonic materials systems and their applications. Section 1 elaborates on the necessary fundamental concepts to understand the field, starting from background discoveries in condensed matter physics and delving into describing the underlying concepts and the experimental progress in 1D, 2D, 3D topological photonics systems as well as in synthetic dimensions and non-Hermitian platforms. Section 2 highlights the most promising applications of topological photonics, including the current progress and most important challenges for each of them. Topological Photonics is suitable for those working in academia and R&D in the subject areas of materials science, engineering particularly researchers and practitioners working in the research fields of topological materials, optics, and photonics.

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SECTION 1: Fundamentals of Topological Photonics 1. Introduction 2. Topological photonics in 1D 3. Topological photonics in 2D 4. Topological photonics in 3D 5. Topological photonics in synthetic dimensions 6. Non-Hermitian topological phases SECTION 2: Applications of Topological Photonics 7. Applications of topological photonics in laser systems 8. Applications of topological photonics in quantum technologies 9. Applications of topological photonics in Sensing/Metrology 10. Applications of topological photonics to optical waveguiding and large-scale optical integration