Title :
Observation of topological structures in photonic quantum walks
Author :
Puentes, Graciana ; Gerhardt, Ilja ; Katzschmann, Fabian ; Silberhorn, Christine ; Wrachtrup, Jorg ; Lewenstein, Maciej
Author_Institution :
Res. Center SCOPE, Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
We present an experimental observation of topological structure in 1D photonic discrete-time quantum walks. We probe the full topological landscape demonstrating emergence of localized bound states, and existence of extremely (de)localized non-Gaussian quantum states.
Keywords :
quantum optics; 1D photonic discrete-time quantum walks; delocalized nonGaussian quantum states; localized bound states; topological landscape; topological structures; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Optical resonators; Photonics; Physics; Probability distribution; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
