Jonathan Simon

Topological photonics with twisted resonators and braided circuits

University of Chicago, USA

I will present recent work realizing topological phases of photons. Beginning with a spin-hall meta-material for RF photons in coupled resonators (in conjunction with the SchusterLab), I will proceed to a description of recent progress towards strongly interacting topological microwave circuits. I will also describe a parallel effort demonstrating Landau levels for optical photons in non-planar (twisted) optical resonators, and work to mediate strong interactions between harmonically confined, massive photons using resonator Rydberg-EIT. This work holds short-term promise for dissipative production of photonic Laughlin states, and long-term potential as a route to controlled studies of anyons.