Topological optical parametric oscillation

Topological insulators possess protected boundary states which are robust against disorders and have immense implications in both fermionic and bosonic systems. Harnessing these topological effects in nonequilibrium scenarios is highly desirable and has led to the development of topological lasers....

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Main Authors: Roy Arkadev, Parto Midya, Nehra Rajveer, Leefmans Christian, Marandi Alireza
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2022-02-01
Series:Nanophotonics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0765
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Parto Midya
Nehra Rajveer
Leefmans Christian
Marandi Alireza
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description Topological insulators possess protected boundary states which are robust against disorders and have immense implications in both fermionic and bosonic systems. Harnessing these topological effects in nonequilibrium scenarios is highly desirable and has led to the development of topological lasers. The topologically protected boundary states usually lie within the bulk bandgap, and selectively exciting them without inducing instability in the bulk modes of bosonic systems is challenging. Here, we consider topological parametrically driven nonlinear resonator arrays that possess complex eigenvalues only in the edge modes in spite of the uniform pumping. We show parametric oscillation occurs in the topological boundary modes of one and two dimensional systems as well as in the corner modes of a higher order topological insulator system. Furthermore, we demonstrate squeezing dynamics below the oscillation threshold, where the quantum properties of the topological edge modes are robust against certain disorders. Our work sheds light on the dynamics of weakly nonlinear topological systems driven out-of-equilibrium and reveals their intriguing behavior in the quantum regime.
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spelling doaj-art-2e4f4fcbebbe46a9a2a9bbbd88b901522025-08-20T02:49:46ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86142022-02-011181611161810.1515/nanoph-2021-0765Topological optical parametric oscillationRoy Arkadev0Parto Midya1Nehra Rajveer2Leefmans Christian3Marandi Alireza4Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena91125, CA, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena91125, CA, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena91125, CA, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena91125, CA, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena91125, CA, USATopological insulators possess protected boundary states which are robust against disorders and have immense implications in both fermionic and bosonic systems. Harnessing these topological effects in nonequilibrium scenarios is highly desirable and has led to the development of topological lasers. The topologically protected boundary states usually lie within the bulk bandgap, and selectively exciting them without inducing instability in the bulk modes of bosonic systems is challenging. Here, we consider topological parametrically driven nonlinear resonator arrays that possess complex eigenvalues only in the edge modes in spite of the uniform pumping. We show parametric oscillation occurs in the topological boundary modes of one and two dimensional systems as well as in the corner modes of a higher order topological insulator system. Furthermore, we demonstrate squeezing dynamics below the oscillation threshold, where the quantum properties of the topological edge modes are robust against certain disorders. Our work sheds light on the dynamics of weakly nonlinear topological systems driven out-of-equilibrium and reveals their intriguing behavior in the quantum regime.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0765nonlinear opticsquantum opticstopological photonics
spellingShingle Roy Arkadev
Parto Midya
Nehra Rajveer
Leefmans Christian
Marandi Alireza
Topological optical parametric oscillation
Nanophotonics
nonlinear optics
quantum optics
topological photonics
title Topological optical parametric oscillation
title_full Topological optical parametric oscillation
title_fullStr Topological optical parametric oscillation
title_full_unstemmed Topological optical parametric oscillation
title_short Topological optical parametric oscillation
title_sort topological optical parametric oscillation
topic nonlinear optics
quantum optics
topological photonics
url https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0765
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