代表性工作（*：共同一作，†：通讯作者）

完整文章列表见 Google Scholar

[13] Xiaohan Cui*^,†, Ruo-Yang Zhang*^,†, Mudi Wang, Zi-Xuan Gao, Xiao-Dong Chen,  Zhao-Qing Zhang, Yun Lai, C. T. Chan^†, Insulator-free topological photonic multi-lane highways, Nature 656, 73-79  (2026)

News & Views (Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering): Topological highways for light

Physics World: ‘Photonic multi-lane highway’ enjoys insulator-free topological protection

Phys.org: New photonic platform offers a four-lane highway for light

[12] Ruo-Yang Zhang*, Xiaohan Cui*^,†, Yuan-Song Zeng*, Jin Chen, Wenzhe Liu, Mudi Wang, Dongyang Wang, Zhao-Qing Zhang, Neng Wang†, Geng-Bo Wu^†, C. T. Chan^†, Bulk-spatiotemporal vortex correspondence in gyromagnetic zero-index media, Nature 641, 1142–1148 (2025)

Research Briefing (Nature): Light reflects as a vortex off a metamaterial with unusual optical properties

News & Views (Science Bulletin): Gyro route towards spatiotemporal vortex

科学网: 科学家突破光学操控边界：首创旋磁双零超材料

[11] Tianshu Jiang*, Chenyu Zhang*, Ruo-Yang Zhang*, Yingjuan Yu, Zhenfu Guan, Zeyong Wei, Zhanshan Wang, Xinbin Cheng^†, C. T. Chan^†, Observation of non-Hermitian boundary induced hybrid skin-topological effect excited by synthetic complex frequencies, Nature Communications 15, 10863 (2024)

[10] Xiaohan Cui*, Ruo-Yang Zhang*, Xulong Wang, Wei Wang, Guancong Ma^†, C. T. Chan^†, Experimental realization of stable exceptional chains protected by non-Hermitian latent symmetries unique to mechanical systems, Physical Review Letters 131, 237201 (2023)

[9] Ruo-Yang Zhang*^{, †}, Xiaohan Cui*, Wen-Jie Chen, Zhao-Qing Zhang, C. T. Chan^†, Symmetry-protected topological exceptional chains in non-Hermitian crystals, Communications Physics 6, 169 (2023)

[8] Jing Hu*, Ruo-Yang Zhang*, Yixiao Wang, Xiaoping Ouyang, Yifei Zhu^†, Hongwei Jia^†, C. T. Chan^†, Non-Hermitian swallowtail catastrophe revealing transitions among diverse topological singularities, Nature Physics 19, 1098–1103 (2023)

News & Views (Nature Physics): Symmetry gives rise to an elegant catastrophe

Phys.org: Study reveals the existence of swallowtail catastrophe in non-Hermitian systems

[7] Jie Peng*, Ruo-Yang Zhang*, Shiqi Jia, Wei Liu, Shubo Wang^†, Topological near fields generated by topological structures, Science Advances 8, eabq0910 (2022)

Phys.org: Topological near fields generated by topological structures

[6] Xiaohan Cui, Ruo-Yang Zhang^†, Zhao-Qing Zhang, C. T. Chan^†, Photonic Z2 topological Anderson insulators, Physical Review Letters 129, 043902 (2022)

[5] Mudi Wang, Shan Liu, Qiyun Ma, Ruo-Yang Zhang^†, Dongyang Wang, Qinghua Guo, Biao Yang, Manzhu Ke, Zhengyou Liu^†, C. T. Chan^†, Experimental observation of non-Abelian earring nodal links in phononic crystals, Physical Review Letters 128, 246601 (2022)

[4] Ze-Guo Chen, Ruo-Yang Zhang, C. T. Chan, Guancong Ma†, Classical non-Abelian braiding of acoustic modes, Nature Physics 18, 179-184 (2022)

News & Views (Nature Physics): Making weaves

[3] Qinghua Guo*, Tianshu Jiang*, Ruo-Yang Zhang*, Lei Zhang, Zhao-Qing Zhang, Biao Yang^†, Shuang Zhang^†, C. T. Chan^†, Experimental observation of non-Abelian topological charges and edge states, Nature 594,195–200 (2021)

中国科学报 (头版头条): 科学家首次直接观测非阿贝尔拓扑荷

[2] Zhongfei Xiong*, Ruo-Yang Zhang*, Rui Yu, C. T. Chan^†, Yuntian Chen^†, Hidden symmetry enforced nexus points of nodal lines in layer-stacked dielectric photonic crystals, Light: Science & Applications 9, 176 (2020)

[1] Yuntian Chen*, Ruo-Yang Zhang*, Zhongfei Xiong, Zhi Hong Hang, Jensen Li, Jian Qi Shen^†, C. T. Chan^†, Non-Abelian gauge field optics, Nature Communications 10, 3125 (2019)