Symmetry induced selective excitation of topological states in SSH waveguide arrays

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Main Authors: Tang, Min, Wang, Jiawei, Valligatla, Sreeramulu, Saggau, Christian N., Dong, Haiyun, Naz, Ehsan Saei Ghareh, Klembt, Sebastian, Lee, Ching Hua, Thomale, Ronny, Brink, Jeroen van den, Fulga, Ion Cosma, Schmidt, Oliver G., Ma, Libo
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author Tang, Min
Wang, Jiawei
Valligatla, Sreeramulu
Saggau, Christian N.
Dong, Haiyun
Naz, Ehsan Saei Ghareh
Klembt, Sebastian
Lee, Ching Hua
Thomale, Ronny
Brink, Jeroen van den
Fulga, Ion Cosma
Schmidt, Oliver G.
Ma, Libo
author_facet Tang, Min
Wang, Jiawei
Valligatla, Sreeramulu
Saggau, Christian N.
Dong, Haiyun
Naz, Ehsan Saei Ghareh
Klembt, Sebastian
Lee, Ching Hua
Thomale, Ronny
Brink, Jeroen van den
Fulga, Ion Cosma
Schmidt, Oliver G.
Ma, Libo
contents The investigation of topological state transition in carefully designed photonic lattices is of high interest for fundamental research, as well as for applied studies such as manipulating light flow in on-chip photonic systems. Here, we report on topological phase transition between symmetric topological zero modes (TZM) and antisymmetric TZMs in Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) mirror symmetric waveguides. The transition of TZMs is realized by adjusting the coupling ratio between neighboring waveguide pairs, which is enabled by selective modulation of the refractive index in the waveguide gaps. Bi-directional topological transitions between symmetric and antisymmetric TZMs can be achieved with our proposed switching strategy. Selective excitation of topological edge mode is demonstrated owing to the symmetry characteristics of the TZMs. The flexible manipulation of topological states is promising for on-chip light flow control and may spark further investigations on symmetric/antisymmetric TZM transitions in other photonic topological frameworks.
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spellingShingle Symmetry induced selective excitation of topological states in SSH waveguide arrays
Tang, Min
Wang, Jiawei
Valligatla, Sreeramulu
Saggau, Christian N.
Dong, Haiyun
Naz, Ehsan Saei Ghareh
Klembt, Sebastian
Lee, Ching Hua
Thomale, Ronny
Brink, Jeroen van den
Fulga, Ion Cosma
Schmidt, Oliver G.
Ma, Libo
Optics
Other Condensed Matter
The investigation of topological state transition in carefully designed photonic lattices is of high interest for fundamental research, as well as for applied studies such as manipulating light flow in on-chip photonic systems. Here, we report on topological phase transition between symmetric topological zero modes (TZM) and antisymmetric TZMs in Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) mirror symmetric waveguides. The transition of TZMs is realized by adjusting the coupling ratio between neighboring waveguide pairs, which is enabled by selective modulation of the refractive index in the waveguide gaps. Bi-directional topological transitions between symmetric and antisymmetric TZMs can be achieved with our proposed switching strategy. Selective excitation of topological edge mode is demonstrated owing to the symmetry characteristics of the TZMs. The flexible manipulation of topological states is promising for on-chip light flow control and may spark further investigations on symmetric/antisymmetric TZM transitions in other photonic topological frameworks.
title Symmetry induced selective excitation of topological states in SSH waveguide arrays
topic Optics
Other Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.06228