Topological edge states of bound photon pairs
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2017-06-07 v1 Optics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We predict the existence of interaction-driven edge states of bound two-photon quasiparticles in a dimer periodic array of nonlinear optical cavities. Energy spectrum of photon pairs is dramatically richer than in the noninteracting case or in a simple lattice, featuring collapse and revival of multiple edge and bulk modes as well as edge states in continuum. Despite the unexpected breakdown of the Zak phase technique and the edge mixing of internal and center-of-mass motion we link the edge state existence to the two-photon quantum walk graph connectivity, thus uncovering the topological nature of the many-body problem in complex lattices.
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@article{arxiv.1608.02093,
title = {Topological edge states of bound photon pairs},
author = {Maxim A. Gorlach and Alexander N. Poddubny},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.02093},
year = {2017}
}
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5 pages, 4 figures+ Supplementary