Mixing Skyrmions and Merons in Topological Quasicrystals of Evanescent Optical Field
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| author | Putley, Henry J. Davies, Bryn Rodríguez-Fortuño, Francisco J. Bykov, Anton Yu. Zayats, Anatoly V. |
| author_facet | Putley, Henry J. Davies, Bryn Rodríguez-Fortuño, Francisco J. Bykov, Anton Yu. Zayats, Anatoly V. |
| contents | Photonic skyrmion and meron lattices are structured light fields with topologically protected textures, analogous to magnetic skyrmions and merons. Here, we report the theoretical existence of mixed skyrmion and meron quasicrystals in an evanescent optical field. Topological quasiperiodic tilings of even and odd point group symmetries are demonstrated in both the electric field and spin angular momentum. These quasicrystals contain both skyrmions and merons of Néel-type topology. Interestingly, the quasiperiodic tilings are in agreement with the observations of quasiperiodic arrangements of carbon nanoparticles in water driven by ultrasound, and pave the way towards engineering hybrid topological states of light which may have potential applications in optical manipulation, metrology and information processing. |
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| spellingShingle | Mixing Skyrmions and Merons in Topological Quasicrystals of Evanescent Optical Field Putley, Henry J. Davies, Bryn Rodríguez-Fortuño, Francisco J. Bykov, Anton Yu. Zayats, Anatoly V. Optics Photonic skyrmion and meron lattices are structured light fields with topologically protected textures, analogous to magnetic skyrmions and merons. Here, we report the theoretical existence of mixed skyrmion and meron quasicrystals in an evanescent optical field. Topological quasiperiodic tilings of even and odd point group symmetries are demonstrated in both the electric field and spin angular momentum. These quasicrystals contain both skyrmions and merons of Néel-type topology. Interestingly, the quasiperiodic tilings are in agreement with the observations of quasiperiodic arrangements of carbon nanoparticles in water driven by ultrasound, and pave the way towards engineering hybrid topological states of light which may have potential applications in optical manipulation, metrology and information processing. |
| title | Mixing Skyrmions and Merons in Topological Quasicrystals of Evanescent Optical Field |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03932 |