Topological funneling of light

DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.AAZ8727zbMATH Open1478.81042arXiv2004.01990OpenAlexW3013235930WikidataQ90689993 ScholiaQ90689993MaRDI QIDQ5023399FDOQ5023399

Authors: Sebastian Weidemann, Mark Kremer, Tobias Helbig, Tobias Hofmann, Alexander Stegmaier, Martin Greiter, Ronny Thomale, Alexander Szameit 

Publication date: 21 January 2022

Published in: Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the last two decades, the ubiquitous effect of dissipation has proven to entail astonishing non-Hermitian features, rather than just being an inescapable nuisance. As an alternative route to non-Hermiticity, we tailor the anisotropy of a lattice, which constitutes an, up to now, barely exploited degree of freedom. In this case, the appearance of an interface dramatically alters the entire eigenmode spectrum, leading to the exponential localization of all modes at the interface, which goes beyond the expectations for Hermitian systems. This effect is dubbed "non-Hermitian skin effect". We experimentally demonstrate it by studying the propagation of light in a large scale photonic mesh lattice. For arbitrary excitations, we find that light is always transported to the interface, realizing a highly efficient funnel for light.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.01990

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80)

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