• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 6, 1150 (2024)
Chang-Yin Ji1,2,†, Wenze Lan3,4,†, Peng Fu3,4, Gang Wang1..., Changzhi Gu3,4, Yeliang Wang2, Jiafang Li1,7, Yugui Yao1,8 and Baoli Liu3,5,6,*|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, and School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics, MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-Dimensional Quantum Structure and Devices, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 3Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 4School of Physical Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 5CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 6Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
  • 7e-mail: jiafangli@bit.edu.cn
  • 8e-mail: ygyao@bit.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.500575 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chang-Yin Ji, Wenze Lan, Peng Fu, Gang Wang, Changzhi Gu, Yeliang Wang, Jiafang Li, Yugui Yao, Baoli Liu, "Probing phase transition of band topology via radiation topology," Photonics Res. 12, 1150 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

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    Topological photonics has received extensive attention from researchers because it provides brand new physical principles to manipulate light. Band topology is characterized using the Berry phase defined by Bloch states. Until now, the scheme for experimentally probing the topological phase transition of band topology has always been relatively lacking in topological physics. Moreover, radiation topology can be aroused by the far-field polarization singularities of Bloch states, which is described by the Stokes phase. Although such two types of topologies are both related to Bloch states on the band structures, it is rather surprising that their development is almost independent. Here, in optical analogs of the quantum spin Hall effects (QSHEs) and Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model, we reveal the correlation between the phase transition of band topology and radiation topology and then demonstrate that the radiation topology can be employed to study the band topological transition. We experimentally demonstrate such an intriguing phenomenon in optical analogs of QSHEs. Our findings not only provide an insightful understanding of band topology and radiation topology, but also can serve as a route to manipulate light.
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    ϕ(k)=12arg(S1+iS2).

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    Chang-Yin Ji, Wenze Lan, Peng Fu, Gang Wang, Changzhi Gu, Yeliang Wang, Jiafang Li, Yugui Yao, Baoli Liu, "Probing phase transition of band topology via radiation topology," Photonics Res. 12, 1150 (2024)
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