Tailoring ultra-high-order optical skyrmions

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Main Authors: Zeng, Xinji, Fang, Jing, Wu, Haijun, Wang, Jinwen, Chen, Yun, Zhou, Yongkun, Yang, Xin, Wang, Chengyuan, Wei, Dong, Chen, Haixia, Gao, Hong, Shen, Yijie
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author Zeng, Xinji
Fang, Jing
Wu, Haijun
Wang, Jinwen
Chen, Yun
Zhou, Yongkun
Yang, Xin
Wang, Chengyuan
Wei, Dong
Chen, Haixia
Gao, Hong
Shen, Yijie
author_facet Zeng, Xinji
Fang, Jing
Wu, Haijun
Wang, Jinwen
Chen, Yun
Zhou, Yongkun
Yang, Xin
Wang, Chengyuan
Wei, Dong
Chen, Haixia
Gao, Hong
Shen, Yijie
contents Skyrmions, as quasiparticles with topological spin textures, has recently garnered great attention for both condensed matter and structured wave communities, promising next-generation large-density robust information technologies. However, a big challenge to this end is that the generation of high-order skyrmions is elusive in any physical systems. Here, we propose the method to create and control ultra-high-order skyrmions (skyrmion number up to $400^{th}$) in a structured light system. We also experimentally control the topological state transition between bimeron and skyrmion, arbitrarily tailor the transverse size of an arbitrary-order skyrmionic beam independent of topological number, and ensure the topological stability upon propagation. Our work offers solutions for topologically resilient communication and memory with much enhanced information capacity.
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spellingShingle Tailoring ultra-high-order optical skyrmions
Zeng, Xinji
Fang, Jing
Wu, Haijun
Wang, Jinwen
Chen, Yun
Zhou, Yongkun
Yang, Xin
Wang, Chengyuan
Wei, Dong
Chen, Haixia
Gao, Hong
Shen, Yijie
Optics
Skyrmions, as quasiparticles with topological spin textures, has recently garnered great attention for both condensed matter and structured wave communities, promising next-generation large-density robust information technologies. However, a big challenge to this end is that the generation of high-order skyrmions is elusive in any physical systems. Here, we propose the method to create and control ultra-high-order skyrmions (skyrmion number up to $400^{th}$) in a structured light system. We also experimentally control the topological state transition between bimeron and skyrmion, arbitrarily tailor the transverse size of an arbitrary-order skyrmionic beam independent of topological number, and ensure the topological stability upon propagation. Our work offers solutions for topologically resilient communication and memory with much enhanced information capacity.
title Tailoring ultra-high-order optical skyrmions
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03272