Hyperbolic photonic topological insulators

Lei Huang, Lu He, Weixuan Zhang (), Huizhen Zhang, Dongning Liu, Xue Feng, Fang Liu, Kaiyu Cui, Yidong Huang, Wei Zhang () and Xiangdong Zhang ()
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Lei Huang: Beijing Institute of Technology
Lu He: Beijing Institute of Technology
Weixuan Zhang: Beijing Institute of Technology
Huizhen Zhang: Beijing Institute of Technology
Dongning Liu: Tsinghua University
Xue Feng: Tsinghua University
Fang Liu: Tsinghua University
Kaiyu Cui: Tsinghua University
Yidong Huang: Tsinghua University
Wei Zhang: Tsinghua University
Xiangdong Zhang: Beijing Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Topological photonics provides a new degree of freedom to robustly control electromagnetic fields. To date, most of established topological states in photonics have been employed in Euclidean space. Motivated by unique properties of hyperbolic lattices, which are regular tessellations in non-Euclidean space with a constant negative curvature, the boundary-dominated hyperbolic topological states have been proposed. However, limited by highly crowded boundary resonators and complicated site couplings, the hyperbolic topological insulator has only been experimentally constructed in electric circuits. How to achieve hyperbolic photonic topological insulators is still an open question. Here, we report the experimental realization of hyperbolic photonic topological insulators using coupled ring resonators on silicon chips. Boundary-dominated one-way edge states with pseudospin-dependent propagation directions have been observed. Furthermore, the robustness of edge states in hyperbolic photonic topological insulators is also verified. Our findings have potential applications in the field of designing high-efficient topological photonic devices with enhanced boundary responses.

Date: 2024
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