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

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

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCLEO
Subtitle of host publicationQELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2014
PublisherOptical Society of American (OSA)
ISBN (Print)9781557529992
StatePublished - 2014
EventCLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2014 - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: Jun 8 2014Jun 13 2014

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Other

OtherCLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO_QELS 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose, CA
Period6/8/146/13/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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