Observing the quantum topology of light

J Deng, H Dong, C Zhang, Y Wu, J Yuan, X Zhu, F Jin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Topological photonics provides a powerful platform to explore topological physics beyond
traditional electronic materials and shows promising applications in light transport and …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic frequency dimensions in dynamically modulated ring resonators

L Yuan, A Dutt, S Fan - APL Photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The concept of synthetic dimensions in photonics has attracted rapidly growing interest in
the past few years. Among a variety of photonic systems, the ring resonator system under …

Quantum simulation in Fock-state lattices

J Yuan, H Cai, DW Wang - Advances in Physics: X, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Fock-state lattices (FSLs) consist of the Fock states of photons and atoms, establishing a
quantum photonic platform for simulating condensed matter physics. Remarkably, various …

Artificial non-Abelian lattice gauge fields for photons in the synthetic frequency dimension

D Cheng, K Wang, S Fan - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Non-Abelian gauge fields give rise to nontrivial topological physics. Here we develop a
scheme to create an arbitrary SU (2) lattice gauge field for photons in the synthetic frequency …

Observation of flat-band and band transition in the synthetic space

G Li, L Wang, R Ye, S Liu, Y Zheng… - Advanced …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Constructions of synthetic lattices in modulated ring resonators attract growing attention to
interesting physics beyond the geometric dimensionality, where complicated connectivities …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-dimensional band structure spectroscopy in the synthetic frequency dimension

D Cheng, E Lustig, K Wang, S Fan - Light: Science & Applications, 2023 - nature.com
The concept of synthetic dimensions in photonics provides a versatile platform in exploring
multi-dimensional physics. Many of these physics are characterized by band structures in …

Truncation-dependent phase transition for the edge states of a two-dimensional non-Hermitian system

D Cheng, B Peng, M Xiao, X Chen, L Yuan, S Fan - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We consider a bulk system supporting parity and time reversal (PT) symmetry, and
investigate how the PT phase transition of edge states is influenced by different truncations …

Synthesizing five-body interaction in a superconducting quantum circuit

K Zhang, H Li, P Zhang, J Yuan, J Chen, W Ren… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Synthesizing many-body interaction Hamiltonians is a central task in quantum simulation.
However, it is challenging to synthesize Hamiltonians that have more than two spins in a …

Theory of nonequilibrium asymptotic state thermodynamics: Interacting Ehrenfest urn ring as an example

CH Cheng, PY Lai - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
A generalized class of the nonequilibrium state, called the nonequilibrium asymptotic state
(NEAS), is proposed. The NEAS is constructed within the framework of Fokker-Planck …

Curved vortex surfaces in four-dimensional superfluids. II. Equal-frequency double rotations

B McCanna, HM Price - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
As is well known, two-dimensional and three-dimensional superfluids under rotation can
support topological excitations such as quantized point vortices and line vortices …