by demonstrating a parity–time-symmetric topological insulator, we show that topological transport exists beyond these constraints. Implemented on a photonic platform, our non-Hermitian topological system harnesses the complex interplay between a discrete coupling protocol and judiciously placed losses and,...
1 | Conceptual idea of a PT-symmetric topological insulator. Conventional wisdom regards topological insulators and PT symmetry as mutually exclusive concepts. Distributing gain and loss (±iγ, indicated as red (+) and blue (–), respectively) dynamically along the spatial degrees of freedom x ...
Parity-timesymmetryDynamicquantumphasetransitionsPhotonicskyrmionsThe study of non-Hermitian systems with parity-time(PT) symmetry is a rapidly developing frontier in recent years. Experimentally, PT-symmetric systems have been realized in classical optics by balancing gain and loss, which holds great ...
Here we report experimental realization of passive PT-symmetric quantum dynamics for single photons by temporally alternating photon losses in the quantum walk(QW) interferometers. The ability to impose PT symmetry allows us to realize and investigate Floquet topological phases driven by PT-symmetric ...
Nearly one century after the birth of quantum mechanics, parity–time symmetry is revolutionizing and extending quantum theories to include a unique family of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. While conceptually striking, experimental demonstration of parity–time symmetry remains unexplored in quantum electronic ...
Within a spin-gauge theory of gravity unified with the electroweak interaction we start with totally symmetric left- and right-handed fermions and explain the parity violation by symmetry breaking in such a way that the $W^{\pm}$-bosons couple only to the left-handed leptons. Right-handed ne...
The parity conservation of θ and τ only allows each of them respond to external forces as an independent whole, is not whether the θ and τ is symmetric. In high dimensional space-time, the interaction of different symmetries is very complex, which may form various forms of defects. It ...
Here, by demonstrating a parity鈥搕ime-symmetric topological insulator, we show that topological transport exists beyond these constraints. Implemented on a photonic platform, our non-Hermitian topological system harnesses the complex interplay between a discrete coupling protocol and judiciously placed ...
The study of non-Hermitian systems with parity–time (PT) symmetry is a rapidly developing frontier. Realized in recent experiments, PT-symmetric classical optical systems with balanced gain and loss hold great promise for future applications. Here we re
In PT-symmetric and lossy dimer lattices, the topological properties of the band structure manifest themselves in the quantization of the mean displacement of such a walker. We investigate the fragile aspects of a topological transition in these two dimer models. We find that the transition is ...