Engineering spin-orbit synthetic Hamiltonians in liquid-crystal optical cavities
Abstract
The coupling of the spin-orbit interactions in solid-state systems can give rise to a wide range of exotic electronic transport effects. But solid-state systems tend to be somewhat limited in their flexibility because the spin-orbit coupling is fixed. By contrast, optical systems have recently been shown to mimic complex solid-state systems, with flexibility in design providing the ability to control and manipulate the system properties. Using a liquid crystal–filled photonic cavity, Rechcińska et al. emulated an artificial Rashba-Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling in a photonic system and showed control of an artificial Zeeman splitting. The results illustrate a powerful approach of engineering synthetic Hamiltonians with photons for the simulation of nontrivial condensed matter and quantum phenomena.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 08, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.aay4182
Entities
People
- Barbara Pietka
- Jacek Szczytko
- Karolina Łempicka
- Katarzyna Rechcińska
- Mateusz Król
- Michal Matuszewski
- Pavlos Lagoudakis
- Przemysław Kula
- Przemysław Morawiak
- Rafal Mazur
- Rafał Mirek
- Wiktor Piecek
- Witold Bardyszewski
Organizations
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Institute of Physics
- Military University of Technology
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education
- National Science Centre Poland
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
- University of Southampton
- University of Warsaw