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ArticleNational science review2023

Observation of dark edge states in parity-time-symmetric quantum dynamics.

Peng Xue, Xingze Qiu, Kunkun Wang, Barry C Sanders, Wei Yi

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Peng XueBeijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100084, China.
Xingze QiuKey Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China.
Kunkun WangSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China.
Barry C SandersShanghai Branch, National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai 201315, China.
Wei YiKey Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230026, China.

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Abstract

Topological edge states arise in non-Hermitian parity-time ([Formula: see text])-symmetric systems, and manifest themselves as bright or dark edge states, depending on the imaginary components of their eigenenergies. As the spatial probabilities of dark edge states are suppressed during the non-unitary dynamics, it is a challenge to observe them experimentally. Here we report the experimental detection of dark edge states in photonic quantum walks with spontaneously broken [Formula: see text] symmetry, thus providing a complete description of the topological phenomena therein. We experimentally confirm that the global Berry phase in [Formula: see text]-symmetric quantum-walk dynamics unambiguously defines topological invariants of the system in both the [Formula: see text]-symmetry-unbroken and -broken regimes. Our results establish a unified framework for characterizing topology in [Formula: see text]-symmetric quantum-walk dynamics, and provide a useful method to observe topological phenomena in [Formula: see text]-symmetric non-Hermitian systems in general.

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dark edge statesparity-time symmetryphotonic quantum walkstopological invariants

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PMID37389137
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