Article
Optics
Ze-Sheng Xu, Jun Gao, Govind Krishna, Stephan Steinhauer, Val Zwiller, Ali W. Elshaari
Summary: This study experimentally demonstrates the direct measurement of the topological character of chiral superlattices with broken inversion symmetry. Using novel nano-scattering structures and a two-waveguide bulk excitation scheme, the topological zero-energy modes are probed and quantized beam displacements are observed. The results show good agreement with theoretical values, providing a method for directly measuring topological invariants in complex photonic structures using tailored excitations with Wannier functions.
PHOTONICS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Optics
Zhenbin Zhang, Banxian Ruan, Chao Liu, Ming Li, Enduo Gao, Xia Chang, Shengxiang Huang, Hongjian Li
Summary: The study investigates a two-dimensional photonic crystal with topological edge and corner states and achieves a coupling effect between a topological corner state and a trivial cavity, similar to electromagnetically induced transparency. The stability of the effect is verified by introducing disorders. The coupling between topological states has potential applications in the fields of waveguiding, sensing, and logic gates.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel Borges-Silva, Carlos H. Costa, Claudionor G. Bezerra
Summary: In recent years, topological photonic structures have become an attractive topic in nanoscience, both for basic science and technology. In this work, we propose a two-dimensional topological photonic structure made of dumbbell-shaped dielectric rods, which includes both trivial and topological photonic crystals. By introducing an angular perturbation in the dumbbell-shaped dielectric rods, the structure exhibits pseudospin interface states between the two types of crystals. Numerical results show the opening of a bandgap and the lifting of double degeneracy at the W point, despite maintaining C6 symmetry. The robustness of these pseudospin interface states against defects, disorder, and reflection is investigated and confirmed by the numerical results. Additionally, the energy flux propagating in opposite directions in the two edge modes is shown, resembling the photonic analogue of the quantum spin Hall effect.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
M. Krol, I Septembre, P. Oliwa, M. Kedziora, K. Lempicka-Mirek, M. Muszynski, R. Mazur, P. Morawiak, W. Piecek, P. Kula, W. Bardyszewski, P. G. Lagoudakis, D. D. Solnyshkov, G. Malpuech, B. Pietka, J. Szczytko
Summary: The authors experimentally demonstrate the annihilation of exceptional points (EPs) from different Dirac points (valleys) by increasing non-Hermiticity in a liquid crystal microcavity platform. The platform utilizes voltage-controlled birefringence and TE-TM photonic spin-orbit-coupling, with non-Hermiticity provided by polarization-dependent losses. This study has significant implications for the field of non-Hermitian valley-physics.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tobias Biesenthal, Lukas J. Maczewsky, Zhaoju Yang, Mark Kremer, Mordechai Segev, Alexander Szameit, Matthias Heinrich
Summary: Conventional wisdom suggests that the insulating bulk is crucial for defining the topological properties of topological insulators. However, our study shows that even without an insulating bulk, fractal topological insulators composed exclusively of edge sites can still support topologically protected edge states. Additionally, we find that light transport in our topological fractal system exhibits higher velocities compared to the corresponding honeycomb lattice.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Carolyn Zhang
Summary: We propose a framework to classify LPUs with internal, unitary symmetries in d dimensions using (d - 1) dimensional flux insertion operators that can be easily computed. By applying this framework, we derive formulas for topological invariants of LPUs that prepare or entangle SPTs. These formulas can also serve as edge invariants for Floquet topological phases in (d + 1) dimensions that pump d-dimensional SPTs. For 1D SPT entanglers and certain higher dimensional SPT entanglers, our formulas are completely closed-form.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anton Vakulenko, Svetlana Kiriushechkina, Daria Smirnova, Sriram Guddala, Filipp Komissarenko, Andrea Alu, Monica Allen, Jeffery Allen, Alexander B. Khanikaev
Summary: Topological photonic interfaces with slowly varying synthetic gauge fields improve the guiding features of topological metasurfaces and their boundary modes, leading to improved bandgap crossing and longer propagation distances.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yanan Wang, Hai-Xiao Wang, Li Liang, Weiwei Zhu, Longzhen Fan, Zhi-Kang Lin, Feifei Li, Xiao Zhang, Pi-Gang Luan, Yin Poo, Jian-Hua Jiang, Guang-Yu Guo
Summary: The authors report the discovery of hybrid topological photonic crystals that simultaneously host quantum anomalous Hall and valley Hall phases in different photonic band gaps. They experimentally realize the hybrid topological photonic crystal and verify its unconventional dual-band gap topological edge states. The dual-band photonic topological edge channels can function as frequency-multiplexing devices, serving as both beam splitters and combiners.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Condensed Matter
Dong-Yang Jing, Huan-Yu Wang, Wu-Ming Liu
Summary: We studied a non-Hermitian chiral topological superconductor system on a two-dimensional square lattice, and obtained a rich topological phase diagram. We established an exact relationship between the topological charge flow of exceptional points in the generalized Brillouin zone and the change of topological properties. The rich topological phase diagram of this system is the result of competition between anisotropy and non-Hermitian effect.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rui Su, Eliezer Estrecho, Yuqing Huang, Matthias Wurdack, Maciej Pieczarka, Andrew G. Truscott, Timothy C. H. Liew, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Qihua Xiong
Summary: The text discusses the importance of topology in understanding and designing robust materials, as well as measuring the topological invariants in both Hermitian and non-Hermitian systems. It presents the measurement of a non-Hermitian topological invariant in the momentum-resolved spectrum of exciton polaritons, highlighting the potential for realizing non-Hermitian topological phases in condensed matter systems.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Joyce C. C. Santos, Mariana C. Prado, Helane L. O. Morais, Samuel M. Sousa, Elisangela Silva-Pinto, Luiz G. Cancado, Bernardo R. A. Neves
Summary: This study presents a methodology for characterizing 2D material flakes, aiming to propose morphological shape parameters, find distribution functions, and suggest topological vectors to uniquely characterize flake morphology. The analysis of tens of thousands of graphene/graphite and talc flakes submitted to different production protocols reveals rich information.
NPJ 2D MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Don Mathew, C. H. Meghna, Vincent Mathew
Summary: A terahertz refractive index sensor based on a 1-D photonic crystal made of graphene is proposed, utilizing Tamm plasmon polariton and localized topological edge state (TES). The sensor shows high sensitivity and figure of merit (FOM) due to topological protection, enabling perfect zero reflection. The study also explores the sensing performance with different structural and material parameters. This refractive index sensor has the potential for applications in industrial and diagnostic fields.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nathan Roberts, Guido Baardink, Josh Nunn, Peter J. Mosley, Anton Souslov
Summary: This article introduces a method to achieve topological supermodes in optical fibers and measures the photonic winding number invariant to observe the topological guidance effect. Furthermore, the mechanical flexibility of the fiber allows for reversible reconfiguration of the topological state.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anyuan Gao, Yu-Fei Liu, Chaowei Hu, Jian-Xiang Qiu, Christian Tzschaschel, Barun Ghosh, Sheng-Chin Ho, Damien Berube, Rui Chen, Haipeng Sun, Zhaowei Zhang, Xin-Yue Zhang, Yu-Xuan Wang, Naizhou Wang, Zumeng Huang, Claudia Felser, Amit Agarwal, Thomas Ding, Hung-Ju Tien, Austin Akey, Jules Gardener, Bahadur Singh, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenneth S. Burch, David C. Bell, Brian B. Zhou, Weibo Gao, Hai-Zhou Lu, Arun Bansil, Hsin Lin, Tay-Rong Chang, Liang Fu, Qiong Ma, Ni Ni, Su-Yang Xu
Summary: This study explores the internal structure of topological antiferromagnets, revealing the layer Hall effect and the layer-locked Berry curvature characteristics. The research presents new pathways for detecting and manipulating the internal spatial structure of fully compensated topological antiferromagnets.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xianji Piao, Jonghwa Shin, Namkyoo Park
Summary: The intrinsic geometry of wavevector diagrams plays a critical role in electronic or photonic transport. The study investigates the Lifshitz transition and its impact on abnormal transport. By developing a spatial analogy and analyzing the dimensionality and gaps of wavevector diagrams, the authors reveal unique features in transverse-spin modes.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Zheng-Da Li, Ya-Li Mao, Mirjam Weilenmann, Armin Tavakoli, Hu Chen, Lixin Feng, Sheng-Jun Yang, Marc-Olivier Renou, David Trillo, Thinh P. Le, Nicolas Gisin, Antonio Acin, Miguel Navascues, Zizhu Wang, Jingyun Fan
Summary: This article discusses the debate over the fundamental role of complex numbers in quantum theory and demonstrates the importance of complex numbers in entanglement swapping scenarios through experimental tests. The results show that real quantum theory cannot fully describe the phenomena in these scenarios.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Wen-Zhao Liu, Yu-Zhe Zhang, Yi-Zheng Zhen, Ming-Han Li, Yang Liu, Jingyun Fan, Feihu Xu, Qiang Zhang, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: This Letter reports a proof-of-principle experiment of device-independent QKD based on a photonic setup. The results show that the measured quantum correlations are strong enough to ensure a positive key rate over long distances.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Ya-Li Mao, Zheng-Da Li, Sixia Yu, Jingyun Fan
Summary: This article investigates the nonlocality in a multipartite system. Theoretical and experimental studies reveal that the genuine multipartite nonlocal correlations cannot be explained by causal theories involving fewer-partite resources and global shared randomness.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hossein Dehghani, Ali Lavasani, Mohammad Hafezi, Michael J. Gullans
Summary: Measurement-induced entanglement phase transitions in monitored quantum systems can now be probed via entangling reference qubits and studying their purification dynamics. A neural network decoder is devised to determine the state of the reference qubits based on measurement outcomes, showing a change in the decoder's learnability during the entanglement phase transition. This method can be used to detect entanglement phase transitions in experiments and extract critical exponents.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Iman Ahmadabadi, Hossein Dehghani, Mohammad Hafezi
Summary: Motivated by recent experimental demonstrations of Floquet topological insulators, theoretical proposals have investigated the use of structured light to create additional properties like flat bands and vortex states. This study examines the effects of light's orbital angular momentum, revealing non-zero orbital magnetization and current density. The authors also investigate the optical conductivity for diverse electron transitions within the system, including vortex, edge, and bulk states.
COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Optics
D. G. Suarez-Forero, D. W. Session, M. Jalali Mehrabad, P. Knuppel, S. Faelt, W. Wegscheider, M. Hafezi
Summary: The interplay between time-reversal symmetry breaking and strong light-matter coupling in two-dimensional gases brings intriguing aspects to polariton physics. This combination can lead to a polarization/spin-selective light-matter interaction in the strong coupling regime. We demonstrate circular-polarization dependence of the vacuum Rabi splitting by coupling a 2D gas in the quantum Hall regime to a microcavity, providing a quantitative understanding of the phenomenon.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Tsung-Sheng Huang, Yang-Zhi Chou, Christopher L. Baldwin, Fengcheng Wu, Mohammad Hafezi
Summary: We develop a systematic theory for excitons subject to Fermi-Hubbard physics in moire twisted transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). We find significantly narrower exciton bandwidths in the presence of Hubbard physics, serving as a potential experimental signature of strong correlations. Our work provides guidelines for future exploration of strongly correlated excitons in triangular Hubbard systems such as twisted TMD heterobilayers.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Ya-Li Mao, Zheng-Da Li, Anna Steffinlongo, Bixiang Guo, Biyao Liu, Shufeng Xu, Nicolas Gisin, Armin Tavakoli, Jingyun Fan
Summary: This study investigates the recycling of nonlocal resources in a quantum network and demonstrates it experimentally. It shows that in a three-branch star network, outer parties can achieve sufficient entanglement with a central node through unsharp measurements, allowing the same operation to be performed by three secondary parties. This experiment combines the research programs of recycling quantum resources with that of Bell nonlocality in networks.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
T. -S Huang, C. L. Baldwin, M. Hafezi, V. Galitski
Summary: Motivated by recent experiments, this study focuses on the effects of magnetic order on Mott-Hubbard excitons in iridates and ultracold atoms. The study uses various theoretical techniques to analyze the spin-mediated doublon-holon pairing and investigates the binding energy and mass of the Mott excitons. The findings provide insights into the trends observed in experiments and have potential implications for ultracold atom Mott insulators.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
En-Jui Kuo, Yijia Xu, Dominik Hangleiter, Andrey Grankin, Mohammad Hafezi
Summary: We introduce the concept of generalized bosons, which have exchange statistics similar to bosons but have an arbitrary single-mode operator replacing the local bosonic commutator. By considering the analogue of boson sampling task for these particles, it is observed that the output probabilities are still given by permanents, indicating the hardness of sampling still holds. Finally, implementations of generalized boson sampling in circuit-QED and ion-trap platforms are proposed.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
En-Jui Kuo, Alireza Seif, Rex Lundgren, Seth Whitsitt, Mohammad Hafezi
Summary: In this study, machine learning is used to classify rational two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs). By training the algorithm with energy spectra, the nature and value of critical points of strongly correlated spin models can be accurately predicted. The use of lowest few Reyni entropies as input achieves high prediction accuracy, and a hidden variable correlated with the central charge is discovered through unsupervised learning.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
J. C. Sell, J. R. Vannucci, D. G. Suarez-Forero, B. Cao, D. W. Session, H-J Chuang, K. M. McCreary, M. R. Rosenberger, B. T. Jonker, S. Mittal, M. Hafezi
Summary: Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have various optically excited quasiparticle species, and their magnetic response provides insights into these quasiparticles. The response of 2s charged excitons to external magnetic fields in TMDs is still not well understood. In this study, the presence of 2s charged excitons and their response to magnetic fields were observed and compared to neutral excitons.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Mathias Van Regemortel, Oles Shtanko, Luis Pedro Garcia-Pintos, Abhinav Deshpande, Hossein Dehghani, Alexey Gorshkov, Mohammad Hafezi
Summary: In this paper, the dynamics of open quantum systems is studied using a simple model of uncoupled emitters. The recovery of lost information is shown to depend on the monitoring scheme applied, and the entanglement in trajectory states induced by registering the sequence of clicks from spontaneously emitted photons through a linear optical interferometer is demonstrated. The equivalence between the model and Fock-state boson sampling is also discussed, linking the hardness of sampling the outcomes of quantum jumps with the scaling of trajectory entanglement.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Tobias Grass, Utso Bhattacharya, Julia Sell, Mohammad Hafezi
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between the energy spectrum of excitons and the spatial structure of the light source in the case of illumination by a structured light source.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Yu-An Chen, Andrew M. Childs, Mohammad Hafezi, Zhang Jiang, Hwanmun Kim, Yijia Xu
Summary: The study constructs product formulas for exponentials of commutators and explores their applications in quantum state preparation and quantum simulation.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2022)