Subjects: Optics >> Quantum optics submitted time 2023-02-19
Yuanzhen Li
Su Xu
Zijian Zhang
Yumeng Yang
Xinrong Xie
Wenzheng Ye
Haoran Xue
Zuojia Wang
Qi-Dai Chen
Hong-Bo Sun
Erping Li
Hongsheng Chen
Fei Gao
Abstract： Topological states, originated from interactions between internal degree of freedoms (like spin and orbital) in each site and crystalline symmetries, offer a new paradigm to manipulate electrons and classical waves. The accessibility of spin degree of freedom has motivated much attention on spin-related topological physics. However, intriguing topological physics related to atomic-orbital parity, another binary degree of freedom, have not been exploited since accessing approaches on atomic orbitals are not well developed. Here, we theoretically discover spectral splitting of atomic-orbital-parity-dependent second-order topological states on a designer-plasmonic Kagome metasurface, and experimentally demonstrate it by exploiting the easy controllability of metaatoms. Unlike previous demonstrations on Hermitian higher-order topological insulators, radiative non-Hermicity of the metasurface enables far-field access into metaatomic-orbital-parity-dependent topological states with polarized illuminations. The atomic-orbital parity degree of freedom may generate more intriguing topological physics by interacting with different crystalline symmetries, and promise applications in polarization-multiplexing topological lasing and quantum emitters.
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Subjects: Optics >> Quantum optics submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract： Non-Abelian braiding has attracted significant attention because of its pivotal role in describing the exchange behaviors of anyons--a candidate for realizing quantum logics. The input and outcome of non-Abelian braiding are connected by a unitary matrix which can also physically emerge as a geometric-phase matrix in classical systems. Hence it is predicted that non-Abelian braiding should have analogues in photonics, but a feasible platform and the experimental realization remain out of reach. Here, we propose and experimentally realize an on-chip photonic system that achieves the non-Abelian braiding of up to five photonic modes. The braiding is realized by controlling the multi-mode geometric-phase matrix in judiciously designed photonic waveguide arrays. The quintessential effect of braiding--sequence-dependent swapping of photon dwell sites is observed in both classical-light and single-photon experiments. Our photonic chips are a versatile and expandable platform for studying non-Abelian physics, and we expect the results to motivate next-gen non-Abelian photonic devices.
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