Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.014110
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2019YFA0706302, 2017YFA0303700, 2019YFA0308700]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11904229, 11761141014, 61734005, 11690033]
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [17JC1400403, 2019SHZDZX01]
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [201701-07-00-02-E00049]
- Shanghai talent program
- Zhiyuan Innovative Research Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Topological phase plays a central role in understanding matter and tailoring properties of artificial materials, and is being pursued in various systems. A topological photonic superlattice with arbitrary number of sites in each unit cell was successfully mapped onto a photonic chip and observed in the quantum regime. This structure exhibits topologically protected edge states and stable interface states with Bloch-oscillation-like breathing dynamic behavior.
Topological phase, possessing inherent robustness against disorder, plays a central role in understanding matter, tailoring properties of artificial materials, and holding the promise of fault-tolerant quantum simulation and computing. Various topological phases and accessible controllability are being enthusiastically pursued in a wide spectrum ranging from condensed-matter to photonic systems. Recently, a topological photonic superlattice with arbitrary number of sites in each unit cell was proposed to provide richer topological properties. Here we successfully map such a multipartite structure into a photonic chip by using a femtosecond laser direct writing technique and demonstrate a direct observation of topological photonic superlattices in the quantum regime. Besides the tunable number of topologically protected edge states, we also observe stable interface states induced by the interference of topological linear modes, which exhibits Bloch-oscillation-like breathing dynamic behavior but free of nonlinearity.
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