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Far-field probing of leaky topological states in all-dielectric metasurfaces

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  • Maxim A. Gorlach

    (City College of the City University of New York
    ITMO University)

  • Xiang Ni

    (City College of the City University of New York
    The Graduate Center of the City University of New York)

  • Daria A. Smirnova

    (City College of the City University of New York)

  • Dmitry Korobkin

    (City College of the City University of New York)

  • Dmitry Zhirihin

    (ITMO University)

  • Alexey P. Slobozhanyuk

    (ITMO University)

  • Pavel A. Belov

    (ITMO University)

  • Andrea Alù

    (City College of the City University of New York
    The University of Texas at Austin
    City University of New York)

  • Alexander B. Khanikaev

    (City College of the City University of New York
    ITMO University
    The Graduate Center of the City University of New York)

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Topological phase transitions in condensed matter systems give rise to exotic states of matter such as topological insulators, superconductors, and superfluids. Photonic topological systems open a whole new realm of research and technological opportunities, exhibiting a number of important distinctions from their condensed matter counterparts. Photonic modes can leak into free space, which makes it possible to probe topological photonic phases by spectroscopic means via Fano resonances. Based on this idea, we develop a technique to retrieve the topological properties of all-dielectric metasurfaces from the measured far-field scattering characteristics. Collected angle-resolved spectra provide the momentum-dependent frequencies and lifetimes of the photonic modes that enable the retrieval of the effective Hamiltonian and extraction of the topological invariant. Our results demonstrate how the topological states of open non-Hermitian systems can be explored via far-field measurements, thus paving a way to the design of metasurfaces with unique scattering characteristics controlled via topological effects.

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  • Maxim A. Gorlach & Xiang Ni & Daria A. Smirnova & Dmitry Korobkin & Dmitry Zhirihin & Alexey P. Slobozhanyuk & Pavel A. Belov & Andrea Alù & Alexander B. Khanikaev, 2018. "Far-field probing of leaky topological states in all-dielectric metasurfaces," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-03330-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03330-9
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    1. Xing-Xiang Wang & Zhiwei Guo & Juan Song & Haitao Jiang & Hong Chen & Xiao Hu, 2023. "Unique Huygens-Fresnel electromagnetic transportation of chiral Dirac wavelet in topological photonic crystal," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.

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