One-dimensional topological quasiperiodic chain for directional wireless power transfer

Abstract

As an important class of systems with unique topological effects beyond the periodic lattices, quasiperiodic topological structures have attracted much attention in recent years. Due to the quasiperiodic modulation, the topological states in the quasiperiodic topological structures have the characteristics of self-similarity, which can be used to observe the charming Hofstadter butterfly. In addition, because of the asymmetric distribution, the edge states in quasiperiodic chain can be used to realize the adiabatic pumping. When the topological parameters in quasiperiodic topological lattices are considered as synthetic dimensions, they can also be used to study the topological properties with higher dimensions. Here, by using ultra-subwavelength resonators, we design and fabricate a type of one-dimensional quasiperiodic Harper chain with asymmetric topological edge states for the directional wireless power transfer (WPT). By further introducing a power source into the system, we selectively light up two Chinese characters which is composed of LED lamps at both ends of the chain. Moreover, the directional WPT implemented by the topological quasiperiodic chain has the property of topological protection, which is immune to the internal disorder perturbation of the structure. Not only do we apply the asymmetric edge state for directional WPT, but also may further actively control the directional WPT by using the external voltage. In addition, this work provides a flexible platform for designing new WPT devices, such as using the corner states in high-order topological structures or the skin effect in the non-Hermitian topological lattices.

arXiv comment19 pages, 5 figures

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