Weyl Exceptional Rings in a Three-Dimensional Dissipative Cold Atomic Gas (Author's Manuscript)
Abstract
Three-dimensional topological Weyl semimetals can generally support a zero dimensional Weyl point characterized by a quantized Chern number or a one-dimensional Weyl nodal ring (or line) characterized by a quantized Berry phase in the momentum space. Here, in a dissipative system with particle gain and loss, we discover a new type of topological ring, dubbed Weyl exceptional ring consisting of exceptional points at which two eigenstates coalesce. Such a Weyl exceptional ring is characterized by both a quantized Chern number and a quantized Berry phase, which are defined via the Riemann surface. We propose an experimental scheme to realize and measure the Weyl exceptional ring in a dissipative cold atomic gas trapped in an optical lattice.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 27, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1048265
Entities
People
- Luming Duan
- Sheng-tao Wang
- Yong Xu
Organizations
- University of Michigan