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A key hallmark of quantum Hall physics is the existence of topological chiral states at the system boundary. Signatures of these edge states have been experimentally observed in cold atoms by using different approaches, including notably…

In spaces of three or more dimensions, there exists topological physics of significant richness that has no lower-dimensional counterparts. To experimentally explore high-dimensional physics, it is advantageous to augment the physical space…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-08 Dali Cheng , Heming Wang , Charles Roques-Carmes , Janet Zhong , Shanhui Fan

We show that a single ring resonator undergoing dynamic modulation can be used to create a synthetic space with an arbitrary dimension. In such a system the phases of the modulation can be used to create a photonic gauge potential in high…

Optics · Physics 2018-03-20 Luqi Yuan , Meng Xiao , Qian Lin , Shanhui Fan

Synthetic dimensions can be rendered in the physical space and this has been achieved with photonics and cold atomic gases, however, little to no work has been succeeded in acoustics because acoustic wave-guides cannot be weakly coupled in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-23 Hui Chen , Hongkuan Zhang , Qian Wu , Yu Huang , Huy Nguyen , Emil Prodan , Xiaoming Zhou , Guoliang Huang

The thesis presents the subject of synthetic topology, especially with relation to metric spaces. A model of synthetic topology is a categorical model in which objects possess an intrinsic topology in a suitable sense, and all morphisms are…

General Topology · Mathematics 2021-04-22 Davorin Lešnik

Synthetic dimension platforms offer unique pathways for engineering quantum matter. We compute the phase diagram of a many-body system of ultracold atoms (or polar molecules) with a set of Rydberg states (or rotational states) as a…

Simulating the topological phases of matter in synthetic quantum simulators is a topic of considerable interest. Given the universality of digital quantum simulators, the prospect of digitally simulating exotic topological phases is greatly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-21 Feng Mei , Qihao Guo , Ya-Fei Yu , Liantuan Xiao , Shi-Liang Zhu , Suotang Jia

Magneto-optical effect is a fundamental but broad concept in magnetic mediums. Here we propose a scheme for its quantum emulation using ultracold atoms. By representing the light-medium interaction in the quantum-emulation manner, the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-02-17 Zhen Zheng , Z. D. Wang

Engineering synthetic dimensions, where the physics of additional spatial dimensions is simulated within the internal states of a quantum system, allows the realisation of phenomena not otherwise accessible in experiments. Ultracold…

When a d-dimensional quantum system is subjected to a periodic drive, it may be treated as a (d+1)-dimensional system, where the extra dimension is a synthetic one. In this work, we take these ideas to the next level by showing that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-12 Yuval Baum , Gil Refael

The scope of analog simulation in atomic, molecular, and optical systems has expanded greatly over the past decades. Recently, the idea of synthetic dimensions -- in which transport occurs in a space spanned by internal or motional states…

With the advances in high resolution and spin-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy as well as atomic-scale manipulation, it has become possible to create and characterize quantum states of matter bottom-up, atom-by-atom. This is largely…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-01 Alexander A. Khajetoorians , Daniel Wegner , Alexander F. Otte , Ingmar Swart

Topological symmetries, invertible and otherwise, play a fundamental role in the investigation of quantum field theories. Despite their ubiquitous importance across a multitude of disciplines ranging from string theory to condensed matter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 Christopher Lamb , Robert M. Konik , Hubert Saleur , Ananda Roy

There are two prominent applications of the mathematical concept of topology to the physics of materials: band topology, which classifies different topological insulators and semimetals, and topological defects that represent immutable…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-11 Zhi-Kang Lin , Qiang Wang , Yang Liu , Haoran Xue , Baile Zhang , Yidong Chong , Jian-Hua Jiang

The methods of quantum field theory are widely used in condensed matter physics. In particular, the concept of an effective action was proven useful when studying low temperature and long distance behavior of condensed matter systems. Often…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-25 Alexander G. Abanov

Topological models involving matter couplings to Donaldson-Witten theory are presented. The construction is carried using both, the topological algebra and its central extension, which arise from the twisting of $N=2$ supersymmetry in four…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 M. Alvarez , J. M. F. Labastida

So far proposed quantum computers use fragile and environmentally sensitive natural quantum systems. Here we explore the new notion that synthetic quantum systems suitable for quantum computation may be fabricated from smart nanostructures…

General Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Reginald T. Cahill

Topological phases of matter give rise to exotic physics that can be leveraged for next generation quantum computation and spintronic devices. Thus, the search for topological phases and the quantum states that they exhibit have become the…

Topological phases of matters are of fundamental interest and have promising applications. Fascinating topological properties of light have been unveiled in classical optical materials. However, the manifestation of topological physics in…

Optics · Physics 2015-08-06 Da-Wei Wang , Han Cai , Luqi Yuan , Shi-Yao Zhu , Ren-Bao Liu

Curved spaces play a fundamental role in many areas of modern physics, from cosmological length scales to subatomic structures related to quantum information and quantum gravity. In tabletop experiments, negatively curved spaces can be…