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Chiral edge state is a hallmark of topological physics, which has drawn significant attention across quantum mechanics, condensed matter and optical systems. Recently, synthetic dimensions have emerged as ideal platforms for investigating…

A bound state in the continuum (BIC) is an unusual localized state that is embedded in a continuum of extended states. Here, we present the general condition for BICs to arise from wave equation separability and show that the directionality…

Chiral and nonreciprocal quantum devices are crucial for signal routing and processing in a quantum network. In this work, we study the chirality and nonreciprocity of a giant atom coupled to a one-dimensional waveguide. We clarify that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Luting Xu , Lingzhen Guo

Topological edge states are recently attracting intense interest due to their robustness in the presence of disorder and defects. However, most approaches for manipulating such states require global modulations of the system's Hamiltonian.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-26 Xian-Liang Lu , Ze-Liang Xiang

In quantum computing, precise control of system-environment coupling is essential for high-fidelity gates, measurements, and networking. We present an architecture that employs an artificial giant atom from waveguide quantum electrodynamics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Jingjing Hu , Dengfeng Li , Yufan Qie , Zelong Yin , Anton Frisk Kockum , Franco Nori , Shuoming An

One of the key technologies in recent quantum devices is the tunable coupling among quantum elements such as qubits, cavities, and waveguides. In this work, we propose a cavity-waveguide tunable coupler with an excellent on-off ratio, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-24 Kazuki Koshino

We investigate the dynamics of giant atom(s) in a waveguide QED scenario, where the atom couples to the coupled resonator waveguide via two sites. For a single giant atom setup, we find that the atomic dissipation rate can be adjusted by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Hongwei Yu , Zhihai Wang , Jin-Hui Wu

Quantum optics with giant emitters has shown a new route for the observation and manipulation of non-Markovian properties in waveguide-QED. In this paper we extend the theory of giant atoms, hitherto restricted to the perturbative…

In this paper, we investigate the bound states and the effective interaction between a pair of giant atoms, which couples to the coupled resonator waveguide in a nested configuration. To suppress the harmful individual and collective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-17 Mingzhu Weng , Zhihai Wang

We present a distinct mechanism for the formation of bound states in the continuum (BICs). In chiral quantum systems there appear zero-energy states in which the wave function has finite amplitude only in one of the subsystems defined by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-30 Jordi Mur-Petit , Rafael A. Molina

Describing systems of superconducting atoms coupled to a continuum of photonic modes at multiple separated locations in a waveguide, waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) with giant atoms has emerged as a promising platform for realizing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Zong-Wei Wu , Jun-Hong An

Integrating conventional superconductors with common III-V semiconductors provides a versatile platform to implement tunable Josephson junctions (JJs) and their applications. We propose that with gate-controlled time-dependent spin-orbit…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-11-09 David Monroe , Mohammad Alidoust , Igor Žutić

Quantum wires and electromagnetic waveguides possess common features since their physics is described by the same wave equation. We exploit this analogy to investigate experimentally with microwave waveguides and theoretically with the help…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-11 S. Bittner , B. Dietz , M. Miski-Oglu , A. Richter , C. Ripp , E. Sadurni , W. P. Schleich

We demonstrate the existence of tunable bound-states in continuum (BIC) in a 1-dimensional quantum wire with two impurities induced by an intense monochromatic radiation field. We found that there is a new type of BIC due to the Fano…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-05 Yingyue Boretz , Gonzalo Ordonez , Satoshi Tanaka , Tomio Petrosky

A recently emerging concept for quantum phase discovery is the controlled gapping of linear band crossings in topological semimetals. For example, achieving topological superconducting and charge-density-wave (CDW) gapping could introduce…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-01-30 Bing Cheng , Di Cheng , Tao Jiang , Wei Xia , Boqun Song , Martin Mootz , Liang Luo , Ilias E. Perakis , Yongxin Yao , Yanfeng Guo , Jigang Wang

Photonic state engineering in waveguide QED is typically based on local light-matter interactions. This limits its control over the spatial structure of bound photonic states. Here, we demonstrate a distinct mechanism arising from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Mingzhu Weng , Gang Wang , Zhihai Wang

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…

The chiral topological superconductor in two dimensions has a full pairing gap in the bulk and a single chiral Majorana state at the edge. The vortex of the chiral superconducting state carries a Majorana zero mode which is responsible for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 Xiao-Liang Qi , Taylor L. Hughes , Shou-Cheng Zhang

A chiral photonic interface is a quantum system that has different probabilities for emitting photons to the left and right. An on-chip compatible chiral interface is attractive for both fundamental studies of light-matter interactions and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-02 Yu-Xiang Zhang , Carles R. i Carceller , Morten Kjaergaard , Anders S. Sørensen

We propose two setups for realizing a chiral quantum network, where two-level systems representing the nodes interact via directional emission into discrete waveguides, as introduced in T. Ramos et al. [Phys. Rev. A 93, 062104 (2016)]. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-27 Benoît Vermersch , Tomás Ramos , Philipp Hauke , Peter Zoller