W01 - Imaging topological phases of laser-driven few- and many-particle systems
Project description
In project W01, we will address fundamental questions of topological features in quantum systems and photonics for strongly driven, interacting many-particle systems, as they occur in intense laser-matter interactions, for instance. With our combined theoretical and experimental efforts we will answer how topological invariants can be properly defined in nonlinear systems, and what the shapes and characteristics of topological edge states in interacting or nonlinear systems are. Further, we will investigate how topological invariants and the associated topological features behave under dimensional mapping. With our findings we will pave the way to experimentally explore multi-electron dynamics using a photonic platform.
Publications
- Demonstration of lossy linear transformations and two-photon interference on a photonic chip
K. Wang, S.J.U. White, A. Szameit, A.A. Sukhorukov and A.S. Solntsev
Phys. Rev. Research (6), 043076
- Topological Hong-Ou-Mandel interference
M. Ehrhardt, C. Dittel, M. Heinrich and A. Szameit
Science 384, 1340-1344 (2024)
- Interaction-induced directional transport on periodically driven chains
H. Drueeke and D. Bauer
Phys. Rev. Research (6), 023032
- Discrete nonlinear topological photonics
A. Szameit and M.C. Rechtsman
Nat. Phys. 20, 905–912 (2024)
- Harnessing collective radiative phenomena on a photonic Kagome lattice
I. Salinas, J. Cornejo, A. Szameit, P. Solano and R.A. Vicencio
APL Photonics 9(2), 20801 (2024)
- Parity–time-symmetric photonic topological insulator
A. Fritzsche, T. Biesenthal, L.J. Maczewsky, K. Becker, M. Ehrhardt, M. Heinrich, R. Thomale, Y. N. Joglekar and A. Szameit
Nat. Mater. 23, 377-382, (2024)
- The Vortex Surface in a Three-Body Quantum System
T.A. Guarda, F. Navarrete, R.O. Barrachina
Atoms 11(11), 147 (2023)
- Exploring new states of matter with a photonic emulator
F. Karbstein, S. Stützer, H. Gies, and A. Szameit
Phys. Rev. Research 5(4) L042036 (2023)
- Theory of nonlinear corner states in photonic fractal lattices
B. Ren, Y. V. Kartashov, L. J. Maczewsky, M. S. Kirsch, H. Wang, A. Szameit, M. Heinrich and Y. Zhang
Nanophotonics, 12(19), 3829-3838, (2023)
- A Perspective on Synthetic Dimensions in Photonics
M. Ehrhardt, S. Weidemann, L. J. Maczewsky, M. Heinrich and A. Szameit
Laser Photon. Rev., 17(7), 2200518, (2023)
- Supersymmetric Reshaping and Higher-Dimensional Rearrangement of Photonic Lattices
T. A. W. Wolterink, M. Heinrich and A. Szameit
Laser Photon. Rev., 17(10), 2300200, (2023)
- Order-Invariant Two-Photon Quantum Correlations in PT-Symmetric Interferometers
T. A. W. Wolterink, M. Heinrich, S. Scheel and A. Szameit
ACS Photonics, 10(10), 3451-3457 (2023)
- Steering edge currents through a Floquet topological insulator
H. Drüeke, M. Meschede and D. Bauer
Phys. Rev. Research 5(2), 023056 (2023)
- The N-shaped partition method: A novel parallel implementation of the Crank Nicolson algorithm
Y. Lutsyshyn, F. Navarrete and D. Bauer
Comput. Phys. Commun. 287, 108713 (2023)
(also available on arXiv)
- Three-dimensional non-Abelian quantum holonomy
V. Neef, J. Pinske, F. Klauck, L. Teuber, M. Kremer, M. Ehrhardt, M. Heinrich, S. Scheel and A. Szameit
Nature Physics 19(1), 30-34 (2023)
- Photonic topological insulator induced by a dislocation in three dimensions
E. Lustig, L. J. Maczewsky, J. Beck, T. Biesenthal, M. Heinrich, Z. Yang, Y. Plotnik, A. Szameit and M. Segev
Nature 609, 931-935 (2022)
- News & Views: Optically sensing topological phase transitions
D. Bauer
Nat. Photon. 16(9), 614-615 (2022)
- Topological triple phase transition in non-Hermitian Floquet quasicrystals
S. Weidemann, M. Kremer, S. Longhi and A. Szameit
Nature 601, 354-359 (2022)
- Topologically protected frequency control of broadband signals in dynamically modulated waveguide arrays
F. S. Piccioli, A. Szameit and Iacopo Carusotto
Phys. Rev. A 105(5), 053519 (2022)
- Observation-dependent suppression and enhancement of two-photon coincidences by tailored losses
M. Ehrhardt, M. Heinrich and A. Szameit
Nature Photonics 16(3), 191-195 (2022)
- Getting topological photonics out of the laboratory
B. Zhen, A. Blanco Redondo, A. Szameit and P. Genevet
Nature Communications 13(1), 2249 (2022)
- Bimorphic Floquet topological insulators
G. G. Pyrialakos, J. Beck, M. Heinrich, L. J. Maczewsky, N. V. Kantartzis, M. Khajavikhan, A. Szameit and D. N. Christodoulides
Nature Materials 21(6), 634-639 (2022)
- A braid for light
S. Scheel and A. Szameit
Nature Photonics 16(5), 344-345 (2022)
- Fractal photonic topological insulators
T. Biesenthal, L. J. Maczewsky, Z. Yang, M. Kremer, M. Segev, A. Szameit and M. Heinrich
Science 376, 1114-1119 (2022)
- Observation of photonic constant-intensity waves and induced transparency in tailored non-Hermitian lattices
A. Steinfurth, I. Krešić, S. Weidemann, M. Kremer, K. G. Makris, M. Heinrich, S. Rotter and A. Szameit
Science Advances 8(21), eabl7412 (2022)
- Observation of Anderson localization beyond the spectrum of the disorder
A. Dikopoltsev, S. Weidemann, M. Kremer, A. Steinfurth, H. Herzig Sheinfux, A. Szameit and M. Segev
Science Advances 8(21), eabn7769 (2022)
Project leaders
Prof. Alexander Szameit
Phone: +49 (0)381 498 6790
Email: alexander.szameituni-rostockde
Prof. Dieter Bauer
Phone: +49 (0)381 498 6940
Email: dieter.baueruni-rostockde
Institution
University of Rostock
Institute of Physics
Albert-Einstein-Str. 23
18059 Rostock