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The physics of a photonic structure is commonly described in terms of its apparent geometric dimensionality. On the other hand, with the concept of synthetic dimension, it is in fact possible to explore physics in a space with a dimensionality that is higher as compared to the apparent geometrical dimensionality of the structures. In this talk, we discuss our recent efforts in demonstrating novel fundamental topological physics in synthetic dimensions. We also show that the concept of synthetic dimension provides new opportunities to improve hardware efficiency in classical and quantum optical computing.