Photonic torons, topological phase transition and tunable spin monopoles
arXiv:2412.08083 · doi:10.1103/8pb4-zy7c
Abstract
Creation and control of topological complex excitations play crucial roles in both fundamental physics and modern information science. Torons are a sophisticated class of 3D chiral polar topological structures with both skyrmionic quasiparticle textures and monopole point defects, so far only observed in liquid crystal nonpolar models. Here, we experimentally construct torons with the photonic spin of vector structured light and demonstrate the topological phase transitions among diverse topological states: torons, hopfions, skyrmioniums and monopole pairs. We can also continually tune the toron's chirality and the helical spin textures of emerging monopole pairs. The birth of photonic torons and tunable monopoles opens a flexible platform for studying nontrivial light-matter interaction and topological informatics.
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