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physics.optics2026

Optical vortex classification via machine learning

Tobias Schneider, Boqiang Huang, Stefan Schumacher +1

Optical vortices carry quantized phase information (topological charge) and are considered candidates for information processing in all-optical circuits. Accurately identifying the…

physics.optics2026

Skyrmions in scalar fields of non-Hermitian optical microcavities: spontaneous formation, nonlinear control, and optical forces

Jan Wingenbach, Roman Lebs, Xuekai Ma +5

Topological textures of light offer powerful routes for structuring optical fields, controlling wave transport, and manipulating matter. Skyrmions, long studied as topological soli…

physics.optics2026

Universal exciton polariton logic gates in Ouroboros rings

Tobias Schneider, Stefan Schumacher, Xuekai Ma

All-optical logic gates have significantly advanced over a diverse range of photonic systems, boosted by intricate nonlinearities that facilitate the engineering of complex logic o…

physics.optics2025

Topological edge states in curved zigzag superlattices in nonlinear exciton-polaritons

Jing Wang, Tobias Schneider, Wei Hu +2

Zigzag chains allow for the formation of topological edge states. Several distinct chain architectures have been developed for this purpose. Here, we report a zigzag superlattice,…

physics.optics2025

Electrically tunable nonrigid moire exciton polariton supersolids at room temperature

Xiaokun Zhai, Junhui Cao Chunzi Xing, Xinmiao Yang +8

A supersolid is a macroscopic quantum state which sustains superfluid and crystallizing structure together after breaking the U(1) symmetry and translational symmetry. On the other…

physics.optics2024

Higher-order dark solitons and oscillatory dynamics in microcavity polariton condensates

Jinming Sun, Manna Chen, Stefan Schumacher +2

Dark solitons carrying quantized phase information arouse great interest in different nonlinear systems. A dark soliton in 1D can be stabilized in microcavity polariton condensates…

physics.optics2024

Observation of condensed moire exciton polaritons in twisted photonic lattices at room temperature

Chunzi Xing, Yu Wang, Tobias Schneider +11

Moire lattices attract significant attention in double-layer graphene and TMD layer heterostructures as well as in photonic crystals due to the interesting exotic physics that emer…

physics.optics2024

Splitting spin-orbit coupled polariton vortex pairs in the non-Hermitian Rashba-Dresselhaus band at room temperature

Xiaokun Zhai, Ying Gao, Xuekai Ma +6

Spin orbit coupling gives rise to intriguing physical phenomena in bosonic condensates, such as formation of stripe phases and domains with vortex arrays. However, how the non-Herm…

physics.optics2024★ 15 cited

Organic room-temperature polariton condensate in a higher-order topological lattice

Christoph Bennenhei, Hangyong Shan, Marti Struve +8

Organic molecule exciton-polaritons in photonic lattices are a versatile platform to emulate unconventional phases of matter at ambient conditions, including protected interface mo…

physics.optics2024

Optically and remotely controlling localization of exciton polariton condensates in a potential lattice

Qiang Ai, Jan Wingenbach, Xinmiao Yang +6

Exciton polaritons are inherently tunable systems with adjustable potential landscape. In this work we show that exciton polariton condensates can be selectively localized in a fix…

physics.optics2023

Photochemical reaction enabling the engineering of photonic spin-orbit coupling in organic-crystal optical microcavities

Qian Liang, Xuekai Ma, Jiahuan Ren +6

The control and active manipulation of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in photonic systems is fundamental in the development of modern spin optics and topological photonic devices. Here,…

physics.optics2023★ 14 cited

Tweaking Spectral Topology and Exceptional Points by Nonlinearity in Non-Hermitian Polariton Systems

Jan Wingenbach, Stefan Schumacher, Xuekai Ma

Exceptional points (EPs) with their intriguing spectral topology have attracted considerable attention in a broad range of physical systems, with potential sensing applications dri…