Polaritonic Non-Abelian Fractional Chern Insulators
Abstract
This proposed project aims to develop a bosonic fractional Chern insulator (FCI), based on chiral moire exciton-polaritons, which ca n serve as a new and promising platform for topological quantum computing (TQC). The system leverages the combination of strong inte ractions in 2D materials, such as chiral twisted transition metal dichalcogenide multilayers, and accessibility of advanced photonic structures to fulfill the critical requirements for realizing moir exciton-polariton FCI and to achieve the feasible conditions fo r universal TQC. In particular, we aim at two major research objectives that set the foundation for the ultimate goal of polariton F CI-based universal TQC, including evaluating the experimental feasibility of braiding with (non-fractional) topological polaritons u sing interferometric measurements, and creating polariton FCI states in the joint system of chiral twisted TMD multilayers overlayin g on sophisticated photonic structures. The success of these two objectiveswill enable future effort of testing the non-abelian stat istics of polariton FCI and building a polariton FCI-based qubit.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 20, 2021
- Source ID
- N000142112770
Entities
People
- Hui Deng
Organizations
- Board of Regents of the University of Michigan
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy