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Observation of a Topological Transition in the Bulk of a Non-Hermitian System

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Zeuner, Julia M., Rechtsman, Mikael C., Plotnik, Yonatan, Lumer, Yaakov, Nolte, Stefan, Rudner, Mark S., Segev, Mordechai, Szameit, Alexander·2015·Physical Review Letters

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We present the first experimental observation of a topological transition in a non-Hermitian system. In contrast to standard methods for examining topological properties, which involve probing edge (or surface) states, we monitor the topological transition by employing bulk dynamics only. The system is composed of a lattice of evanescently coupled optical waveguides, and non-Hermitian behavior is engineered by inducing bending loss by spatially "wiggling" every second waveguide.

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Authors
Zeuner, J. M., Rechtsman, M. C., Plotnik, Y., Lumer, Y., Nolte, S., Rudner, M. S., Segev, M., & Szameit, A.
Affiliations
  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
2015-07-23
Volume
115
Issue
4
Pages
040402-040402
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
OpenAlex
W1625951388
Cited by
730
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 43 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 65 · 2022: 85 · 2021: 89 · 2020: 101 · 2019: 110 · 2018: 65 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 4
FWCI
23.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) (submittedVersion)
  • Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) (submittedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • German Ministry of Education and Research (03Z1HN31)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (NO462/6-1, SZ276/7-1)
  • German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (1157-127.14/2011)
  • Israel Science Foundation
  • Villum Fonden
  • Research Executive Agency (PIIF-GA-2013-627838)
  • ICORE
  • Binational USA-Israel Science Foundation
  • European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Acoustics and Ultrasonics › Random lasers and scattering media
Keywords
topological phase transition, non-Hermitian systems, bending loss, waveguide arrays, topological photonics

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