Topological photonics in synthetic dimensions

E Lustig, M Segev - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Topological photonics is a new and rapidly growing field that deals with topological phases
and topological insulators for light. Recently, the scope of these systems was expanded …

The challenges of modern computing and new opportunities for optics

C Li, X Zhang, J Li, T Fang, X Dong - PhotoniX, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, the explosive development of artificial intelligence implementing by artificial
neural networks (ANNs) creates inconceivable demands for computing hardware. However …

Topological complex-energy braiding of non-Hermitian bands

K Wang, A Dutt, CC Wojcik, S Fan - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Effects connected with the mathematical theory of knots emerge in many areas of
science, from physics, to biology. Recent theoretical work discovered that the braid group …

Generating arbitrary topological windings of a non-Hermitian band

K Wang, A Dutt, KY Yang, CC Wojcik, J Vučković… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The nontrivial topological features in the energy band of non-Hermitian systems provide
promising pathways to achieve robust physical behaviors in classical or quantum open …

Roadmap on topological photonics

H Price, Y Chong, A Khanikaev… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Topological photonics seeks to control the behaviour of the light through the design of
protected topological modes in photonic structures. While this approach originated from …

Topological dissipation in a time-multiplexed photonic resonator network

C Leefmans, A Dutt, J Williams, L Yuan, M Parto… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Topological phases feature robust edge states that are protected against the effects of
defects and disorder. These phases have largely been studied in conservatively coupled …

Observation of photon-photon thermodynamic processes under negative optical temperature conditions

AL Marques Muniz, FO Wu, PS Jung, M Khajavikhan… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Statistical mechanics demands that the temperature of a system is positive provided that its
internal energy has no upper bound. Yet if this condition is not met, it is possible to attain …

Synthetic frequency dimensions in dynamically modulated ring resonators

L Yuan, A Dutt, S Fan - APL Photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The concept of synthetic dimensions in photonics has attracted rapidly growing interest in
the past few years. Among a variety of photonic systems, the ring resonator system under …

Chip-scale simulations in a quantum-correlated synthetic space

UA Javid, R Lopez-Rios, J Ling, A Graf, J Staffa… - Nature Photonics, 2023 - nature.com
An efficient simulator for quantum systems is one of the original goals for the efforts to
develop a quantum computer. In recent years, synthetic dimensions in photonics have …

A perspective on synthetic dimensions in photonics

M Ehrhardt, S Weidemann… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of synthetic dimension has recently emerged as a versatile way to overcome
limitations in the number of effectively available dimensions by leveraging non‐spatial …