Observation of topological rainbow in non-Hermitian systems

Cuicui Lu; Wen Zhao; Sheng Zhang; Yanji Zheng; Chenyang Wang; Yaohua Li; Yong-Chun Liu; Xiaoyong Hu; Zhi Hong Hang

doi:10.3788/COL202321.123601

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 12, 123601(2023)

Observation of topological rainbow in non-Hermitian systems Fast Track , Editors' Pick

Cuicui Lu^1、*, Wen Zhao¹, Sheng Zhang², Yanji Zheng¹, Chenyang Wang³, Yaohua Li³, Yong-Chun Liu³, Xiaoyong Hu^4、**, and Zhi Hong Hang^2、***

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurements of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

²School of Physical Science and Technology, Provincial Key Laboratory for Thin Films and Institute for Advanced Study, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China

³State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

⁴State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics & Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter & Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

Received: Aug. 14, 2023

Accepted: Aug. 18, 2023

Posted: Aug. 21, 2023

Published Online: Nov. 8, 2023

The Author Email: Cuicui Lu (cuicuilu@bit.edu.cn), Xiaoyong Hu (xiaoyonghu@pku.edu.cn), Zhi Hong Hang (zhhang@suda.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.123601

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