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We report on experiments with Mobius strip microlasers which were fabricated with high optical quality by direct laser writing. A Mobius strip looks like a ring with a twist and exhibits the fascinating property that it has only one boundary and a one-sided nonorientable surface. Hence, in contrast to conventional ring or disk resonators, a Mobius strip cavity cannot sustain Whispering Gallery Modes (WGMs). Comparison between experiments and FDTD simulations evidenced that the resonances are indeed not of whispering gallery type, but localized along periodic geodesics. This finding is supported, on the one hand, by an extension of the effective index approximation to curved layers, and on the other hand, by an algorithm to systematically identify the periodic geodesics.
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Integral theorems such as Stokes and Gauss are fundamental in many parts of Physics. For instance, Faradays law allows computing the induced electric current on a closed circuit in terms of the variation of the flux of a magnetic field across the surface spanned by the circuit. The key point for applying Stokes theorem is that this surface must be orientable. Many students wonder what happens to the flux through a surface when this is not orientable, as it happens with a Mobius strip. On an orientable surface one can compute the flux of a solenoidal field using Stokes theorem in terms of the circulation of the vector potential of the field along the oriented boundary of the surface. But this cannot be done if the surface is not orientable, though in principle this quantity could be measured on a laboratory. For instance, checking the induced electric current on a circuit along the boundary of a surface if the field is a variable magnetic field. We shall see that the answer to this puzzle is simple and the problem lies in the question rather than in the answer.
Here we report the synthesis, structure and detailed characterisation of three n-membered oxovanadium rings, Na$_n$[(V=O)$_n$Na$_n$(H$_2$O)$_n$($alpha$, $beta$, or $gamma$-CD)$_2$]$m$H$_2$O (n = 6, 7, or 8), prepared by the reactions of (V=O)SO$_4$$cdot$$x$H$_2$O with $alpha$, $beta$, or $gamma$-cyclodextrins (CDs) and NaOH in water. Their alternating heterometallic vanadium/sodium cyclic core structures were sandwiched between two CD moieties such that O-Na-O groups separated neighbouring vanadyl ions. Antiferromagnetic interactions between the $S$ = 1/2 vanadyl ions led to $S$ = 0 ground states for the even-membered rings, but to two quasi-degenerate $S$ = 1/2 states for the spin-frustrated heptanuclear cluster.
A closed linkage mechanism in three-dimensional space is an object comprising rigid bodies connected with hinges in a circular form like a rosary. Such linkages include Bricard6R and Bennett4R. To design such a closed linkage, it is necessary to solve a high-degree algebraic equation, which is generally difficult. In this lecture, the author proposes a new family of closed linkage mechanisms with an arbitrary number of hinges as an extension of a certain Bricard6R. They have singular properties, such as one-dimensional degree of freedom (1-DOF), and certain energies taking a constant value regardless of the state. These linkage mechanisms can be regarded as discrete Mobius strips and may be of interest in the context of pure mathematics as well. However, many of the properties described here have been confirmed only numerically, with no rigorous mathematical proof, and should be interpreted with caution.
In crystals, two bands may cross each other and form degeneracies along a closed loop in the three-dimensional momentum space, which is called nodal line. Nodal line degeneracy can be designed to exhibit various configurations such as nodal rings, chains, links and knots. Very recently, non-Abelian band topology was proposed in nodal link systems, where the nodal lines formed by consecutive pairs of bands exhibit interesting braiding structures and the underlying topological charges are described by quaternions. Here, we experimentally demonstrate non-Abelian nodal links in a biaxial hyperbolic metamaterial. The linked nodal lines threading through each other are formed by the crossings between three adjacent bands. Based on the non-Abelian charges, we further analyze various admissible nodal link configurations for the three-band system. On the interface between the metamaterial and air, surface bound states in the continuum (BICs) are observed, which serves as the symmetry-enforced derivative of drumhead surface states from the linked nodal lines. Our work serves as a direct observation of the global topological structures of nodal links, and provides a platform for studying non-Abelian topological charge in the momentum space.
The study of topological phases of light suggests novel opportunities for creating robust optical structures and on-chip photonic devices which are immune against scattering losses and structural disorder. However, many recent demonstrations of topological effects in optics employ structures with relatively large scales. Here we discuss the physics and realisation of topological photonics on small scales, with the dimensions often smaller or comparable with the wavelength of light. We highlight the recent experimental demonstrations of small-scale topological states based on arrays of resonant nanoparticles and discuss a novel photonic platform employing higher-order topological effects for creating subwavelength highly efficient topologically protected optical cavities. We pay a special attention to the recent progress on topological polaritonic structures and summarize with our vision on the future directions of nanoscale topological photonics and its impact on other fields.
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