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Non-Hermitian topological phase transitions in superlattices and the optical Dirac equation

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arxiv 2109.01325 v1 pith:XMTBO33C submitted 2021-09-03 physics.optics quant-ph

Non-Hermitian topological phase transitions in superlattices and the optical Dirac equation

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keywords phasetransitiondiracequationnon-hermitianopticalsuperlatticestopological
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Optical superlattices with sublattice symmetry subjected to a synthetic imaginary gauge field undergo a topological phase transition in the Bloch energy spectrum, characterized by the change of a spectral winding number. For a narrow gap, the phase transition is of universal form and described by a non-Hermitian Dirac equation with Lorentz-symmetry violation. A simple photonic system displaying such a phase transition is discussed, which is based on light coupling in co-propagating gratings.

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