Bulk optical measurement of topological numbers in photonic lattices with a non-Hermitian system

Julia M. Zeuner; Mikael C. Rechtsman; Yaakov Lumer; Yonatan Plotnik; Stefan Nolte; Mordechai Segev; Alexander Szameit

Bulk optical measurement of topological numbers in photonic lattices with a non-Hermitian system

Julia M. Zeuner, Mikael C. Rechtsman, Yaakov Lumer, Yonatan Plotnik, Stefan Nolte, Mordechai Segev, Alexander Szameit

Physics

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Abstract

Topological insulators have been recently extended to photonics; however, the measurement of their topological invariant has been limited to probing edge states, an indirect measure. Here we optically measure a topological invariant using only bulk information.

Original language	English (US)
State	Published - Jan 1 2014
Event	2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2014 - San Jose, United States Duration: Jun 8 2014 → Jun 13 2014

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Other	2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	6/8/14 → 6/13/14

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Bulk optical measurement of topological numbers in photonic lattices with a non-Hermitian system

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