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Non-local topological electromagnetic phases of matter
Todd Van Mechelen, Zubin Jacob
In 2+1D, topological electromagnetic phases are defined as atomic-scale media which host photonic monopoles in the bulk band structure and respect bosonic symmetries. Additionally,…
Circularly polarized thermal radiation from nonequilibrium coupled antennas
Chinmay Khandekar, Zubin Jacob
Circularly polarized light can be obtained by using either polarization conversion or structural chirality. Here we reveal a fundamentally unrelated mechanism of generating circula…
Fundamental figures of merit for engineering Forster resonance energy transfer
Cristian L. Cortes, Zubin Jacob
Over the past 15 years there has been an ongoing debate regarding the influence of the photonic environment on Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET). Disparate results correspon…
Quantum Critical Detector : Amplifying Weak Signals Using First-Order Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions
Li-Ping Yang, Zubin Jacob
We introduce a first-order quantum-phase-transition model, which exhibits giant sensitivity at the critical point. Exploiting this effect, we propose a quantum criti…
Photonic Dirac monopoles and skyrmions: spin-1 quantization
Todd Van Mechelen, Zubin Jacob
We introduce the concept of a photonic Dirac monopole, appropriate for photonic crystals, metamaterials and 2D materials, by utilizing the Dirac-Maxwell correspondence. We start by…
Quantum gyro-electric effect: Photon spin-1 quantization in continuum topological bosonic phases
Todd Van Mechelen, Zubin Jacob
Topological phases of matter arise in distinct fermionic and bosonic flavors. The fundamental differences between them are encapsulated in their rotational symmetries - the spin. A…