Observation of period-doubling Bloch oscillations
arXiv:2401.10413 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.053801
Abstract
Bloch oscillations refer to the periodic oscillation of a wavepacket in a lattice under a constant force. Typically, the oscillation has a fundamental period that corresponds to the wavepacket traversing the first Brillouin zone once. Here we demonstrate, both theoretically and experimentally, the optical Bloch oscillations where the wavepacket must traverse the first Brillouin zone twice to complete a full cycle, resulting in a period of oscillation that is two times longer than that of usual Bloch oscillations. The unusual Bloch oscillations arise due to the band crossing of valley-Hall topological edge states at the Brillouin boundary for zigzag domain walls between two staggered honeycomb lattices with inverted on-site energy detuning, which are protected by the glide-reflection symmetry of the underlying structures. Our work sheds light on the direct detection of band crossings resulting from intrinsic symmetries that extend beyond the fundamental translational symmetry in topological systems.
arXiv comment4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
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