Temporal multilayer structures in discrete physical systems towards arbitrary-dimensional non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm interferences

Z Dong, X Wu, Y Yang, P Yu, X Chen, L Yuan - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Temporal modulation recently draws great attentions in wave manipulations, with which one
can introduce the concept of temporal multilayer structure, a temporal counterpart of spatially …

Quantum walk comb in a fast gain laser

I Heckelmann, M Bertrand, A Dikopoltsev, M Beck… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Synthetic lattices in photonics enable the exploration of light states in new dimensions,
transcending phenomena common only to physical space. We propose and demonstrate a …

On-Chip Topological Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Filters

MD Liu, HH Chen, Z Wang, Y Zhang, X Zhou… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
We present an on-chip filter with a broad tailorable working wavelength and a single-mode
operation. This is realized through the application of topological photonic crystal nanobeam …

Observing non-Hermiticity induced chirality breaking in a synthetic Hall ladder

R Ye, Y He, G Li, L Wang, X Wu, X Qiao… - Light: Science & …, 2025 - nature.com
Non-Hermitian topological photonics plays a key role in bridging topological matter with gain
and loss engineering in optics. Here we report the experimental observation of the break of …

Observation of broadband super-absorption of electromagnetic waves through space-time symmetry breaking

M Ciabattoni, Z Hayran, F Monticone - Science Advances, 2025 - science.org
Using time as an additional design parameter in electromagnetism, photonics, and wave
physics is attracting considerable research interest, motivated by the possibility to explore …

On-Chip Elastic Wave Manipulations Based on Synthetic Dimension

Z Cui, C Wu, Q Wei, M Yan, G Chen - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Manipulating elastic waves in lower-dimensional mechanical metamaterials has attracted
much attention since it lays the foundation for the design of various elastic functional …

Topological edge state nucleation in frequency space and its realization with floquet electrical circuits

A Stegmaier, A Fritzsche, R Sorbello, M Greiter… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We build Floquet-driven capactive circuit networks to realize topological states of matter in
the frequency domain. We find the Floquet circuit network equations of motion to reveal a …

Topological Hong-Ou-Mandel interference

M Ehrhardt, C Dittel, M Heinrich, A Szameit - Science, 2024 - science.org
The interplay of topology and optics provides a route to pursue robust photonic devices, with
the application to photonic quantum computation in its infancy. However, the possibilities of …

Reconfigurable synthetic dimension frequency lattices in an integrated lithium niobate ring cavity

HX Dinh, A Balčytis, T Ozawa, Y Ota, G Ren… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Harnessing non-spatial properties of photons as if they represent an additional independent
coordinate underpins the emerging synthetic dimension approach. It enables probing of …

Compact topological edge modes through hybrid coupling of orbital angular momentum modes

Y Wang, C Jiang, M Zhao, D Zhao, S Ke - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Topological waveguide arrays, which support robust light propagation through edge modes,
offer a promising solution for fault-tolerant photonic chips. However, these arrays commonly …