Simple realization of a fragile topological lattice with quasi flat-bands in a microcavity array

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Hauptverfasser: Wang, Yuhui, Xu, Shupeng, Feng, Liang, Agarwal, Ritesh
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author Wang, Yuhui
Xu, Shupeng
Feng, Liang
Agarwal, Ritesh
author_facet Wang, Yuhui
Xu, Shupeng
Feng, Liang
Agarwal, Ritesh
contents Topological flat bands (TFBs) are increasingly recognized as an important paradigm to study topological effects in the context of strong correlation physics. As a representative example, recently it has been theoretically proposed that the topological non-triviality offers a unique contribution to flat-band superconductivity, which can potentially lead to a higher critical temperature of superconductivity phase transition. Nevertheless, the topological effects within flat bands in bosonic systems, specifically in the context of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), are less explored. It has been shown theoretically that non-trivial topological and geometric properties will also have a significant influence in bosonic condensates as well. However, potential experimental realizations have not been extensively studied yet. In this work, we introduce a simple photonic lattice from coupled Kagome and triangular lattices designed based on topological quantum chemistry theory, which supports topologically nontrivial quasi-flat bands. Besides band representation analysis, the non-triviality of these quasi-flat bands is also confirmed by Wilson loop spectra which exhibit winding features. We further discuss the corresponding experimental realization in a microcavity array for future study supporting the potential extension to condensed exciton-polaritons. Notably, we showed that the inevitable in-plane longitudinal-transverse polarization splitting in optical microcavities will not hinder the construction of topological quasi-flat bands. This work acts as an initial step to experimentally explore the physical consequence of non-trivial topology and quantum geometry in quasi-flat bands in bosonic systems, offering potential channels for its direct observation.
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spellingShingle Simple realization of a fragile topological lattice with quasi flat-bands in a microcavity array
Wang, Yuhui
Xu, Shupeng
Feng, Liang
Agarwal, Ritesh
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Optics
Topological flat bands (TFBs) are increasingly recognized as an important paradigm to study topological effects in the context of strong correlation physics. As a representative example, recently it has been theoretically proposed that the topological non-triviality offers a unique contribution to flat-band superconductivity, which can potentially lead to a higher critical temperature of superconductivity phase transition. Nevertheless, the topological effects within flat bands in bosonic systems, specifically in the context of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), are less explored. It has been shown theoretically that non-trivial topological and geometric properties will also have a significant influence in bosonic condensates as well. However, potential experimental realizations have not been extensively studied yet. In this work, we introduce a simple photonic lattice from coupled Kagome and triangular lattices designed based on topological quantum chemistry theory, which supports topologically nontrivial quasi-flat bands. Besides band representation analysis, the non-triviality of these quasi-flat bands is also confirmed by Wilson loop spectra which exhibit winding features. We further discuss the corresponding experimental realization in a microcavity array for future study supporting the potential extension to condensed exciton-polaritons. Notably, we showed that the inevitable in-plane longitudinal-transverse polarization splitting in optical microcavities will not hinder the construction of topological quasi-flat bands. This work acts as an initial step to experimentally explore the physical consequence of non-trivial topology and quantum geometry in quasi-flat bands in bosonic systems, offering potential channels for its direct observation.
title Simple realization of a fragile topological lattice with quasi flat-bands in a microcavity array
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.09665