scholarly journals Wavefront dislocations reveal the topology of quasi-1D photonic insulators

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clément Dutreix ◽  
Matthieu Bellec ◽  
Pierre Delplace ◽  
Fabrice Mortessagne
Keyword(s):  
Local Density ◽  
Topological Defects ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Topological Classification ◽  
Local Density Of States ◽  
Topological Phase Transition ◽  
Interference Fringes ◽  
Classical Wave ◽  
Phase Singularities

AbstractPhase singularities appear ubiquitously in wavefields, regardless of the wave equation. Such topological defects can lead to wavefront dislocations, as observed in a humongous number of classical wave experiments. Phase singularities of wave functions are also at the heart of the topological classification of the gapped phases of matter. Despite identical singular features, topological insulators and topological defects in waves remain two distinct fields. Realising 1D microwave insulators, we experimentally observe a wavefront dislocation – a 2D phase singularity – in the local density of states when the systems undergo a topological phase transition. We show theoretically that the change in the number of interference fringes at the transition reveals the topological index that characterises the band topology in the insulator.

scholarly journals Resolving the topological classification of bismuth with topological defects

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. eaax6996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhay Kumar Nayak ◽  
Jonathan Reiner ◽  
Raquel Queiroz ◽  
Huixia Fu ◽  
Chandra Shekhar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Screw Dislocation ◽  
Topological Insulator ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Topological Defects ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Topological Classification ◽  
Wide Energy Range ◽  
The Status ◽  
The One

The growing diversity of topological classes leads to ambiguity between classes that share similar boundary phenomenology. This is the status of bulk bismuth. Recent studies have classified it as either a strong or a higher-order topological insulator, both of which host helical modes on their boundaries. We resolve the topological classification of bismuth by spectroscopically mapping the response of its boundary modes to a screw-dislocation. We find that the one-dimensional mode, on step-edges, extends over a wide energy range and does not open a gap near the screw-dislocations. This signifies that this mode binds to the screw-dislocation, as expected for a material with nonzero weak indices. We argue that the small energy gap, at the time reversal invariant momentum L, positions bismuth within the critical region of a topological phase transition between a higher-order topological insulator and a strong topological insulator with nonzero weak indices.

scholarly journals Supersymmetric Cluster Expansions and Applications to Random Schrödinger Operators

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Fresta
Keyword(s):  
Density Of States ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Schrödinger Operators ◽  
Random Schrödinger Operators ◽  
Schrodinger Operators ◽  
Local Density Of States ◽  
Weak Disorder ◽  
Cluster Expansions ◽  
Strong Disorder ◽  
Lifshitz Tail

AbstractWe study discrete random Schrödinger operators via the supersymmetric formalism. We develop a cluster expansion that converges at both strong and weak disorder. We prove the exponential decay of the disorder-averaged Green’s function and the smoothness of the local density of states either at weak disorder and at energies in proximity of the unperturbed spectrum or at strong disorder and at any energy. As an application, we establish Lifshitz-tail-type estimates for the local density of states and thus localization at weak disorder.

scholarly journals Near-Field Excitation of Bound States in the Continuum in All-Dielectric Metasurfaces through a Coupled Electric/Magnetic Dipole Model

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 998
Author(s):  
Diego R. Abujetas ◽  
José A. Sánchez-Gil
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Dipole ◽  
Density Of States ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Field Pattern ◽  
Local Density Of States ◽  
Optical Modes ◽  
Source Excitation ◽  
The Continuum

Resonant optical modes arising in all-dielectric metasurfaces have attracted much attention in recent years, especially when so-called bound states in the continuum (BICs) with diverging lifetimes are supported. With the aim of studying theoretically the emergence of BICs, we extend a coupled electric and magnetic dipole analytical formulation to deal with the proper metasurface Green function for the infinite lattice. Thereby, we show how to excite metasurface BICs, being able to address their near-field pattern through point-source excitation and their local density of states. We apply this formulation to fully characterize symmetry-protected BICs arising in all-dielectric metasurfaces made of Si nanospheres, revealing their near-field pattern and local density of states, and, thus, the mechanisms precluding their radiation into the continuum. This formulation provides, in turn, an insightful and fast tool to characterize BICs (and any other leaky/guided mode) near fields in all-dielectric (and also plasmonic) metasurfaces, which might be especially useful for the design of planar nanophotonic devices based on such resonant modes.

Topological classification of nodal-line semimetals in square-net materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inho Lee ◽  
S. I. Hyun ◽  
J. H. Shim
Keyword(s):  
Nodal Line ◽  
Topological Classification

MODIFICATION OF CASIMIR FORCES DUE TO BAND GAPS IN PERIODIC STRUCTURES

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (06n07) ◽  
pp. 798-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. VILLARREAL ◽  
R. ESQUIVEL-SIRVENT ◽  
G. H. COCOLETZI
Keyword(s):  
Density Of States ◽  
Casimir Force ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Band Gaps ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Local Density Of States ◽  
Casimir Forces ◽  
Unit Cells ◽  
The Difference

The Casimir force between inhomogeneous slabs that exhibit a band-like structure is calculated. The slabs are made of basic unit cells each made of two layers of different materials. As the number of unit cells increases the Casimir force between the slabs changes, since the reflectivity develops a band-like structure characterized by frequency regions of high reflectivity. This is also evident in the difference of the local density of states between free and boundary distorted vacuum, that becomes maximum at frequencies corresponding to the band gaps. The calculations are restricted to vacuum modes with wave vectors perpendicular to the slabs.

scholarly journals Checkerboard local density of states in striped domains pinned by vortices

2003 ◽  
Vol 67 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Møller Andersen ◽  
Per Hedegård ◽  
Henrik Bruus
Keyword(s):  
Density Of States ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Local Density Of States

scholarly journals Inferring effective interactions from the local density of states: Application to STM data fromBi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Jamei ◽  
J. Robertson ◽  
E-A. Kim ◽  
A. Fang ◽  
A. Kapitulnik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Of States ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Local Density Of States ◽  
Effective Interactions

Invariants of weak equivalence in primitive matrices

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 611-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD SWANSON ◽  
HANS VOLKMER
Keyword(s):  
Inverse Limit ◽  
Direct Application ◽  
Topological Classification ◽  
Weak Equivalence ◽  
Transition Matrices ◽  
Inverse Limit Spaces ◽  
Positive Dimension ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Dimension Group

Weak equivalence of primitive matrices is a known invariant arising naturally from the study of inverse limit spaces. Several new invariants for weak equivalence are described. It is proved that a positive dimension group isomorphism is a complete invariant for weak equivalence. For the transition matrices corresponding to periodic kneading sequences, the discriminant is proved to be an invariant when the characteristic polynomial is irreducible. The results have direct application to the topological classification of one-dimensional inverse limit spaces.

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