Dynamics of optical vortices in van der Waals materials

Kurman, Yaniv; Dahan, Raphael; Herzig Shenfux, Hanan; Rosolen, Gilles; Janzen, Eli; Edgar, James H.; Koppens, Frank H. L.; Kaminer, Ido

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Dynamics of optical vortices in van der Waals materials

Kurman, Yaniv; Dahan, Raphael; Herzig Shenfux, Hanan et al.

2023 • In Optica, 10 (5), p. 612

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[en] Quantized vortices are topological defects found in different two-dimensional geometries, from liquid crystals to ferromagnets, famously involved in spontaneous symmetry breaking and phase transitions. Their optical counterparts appear in planar geometries as a universal wave phenomenon, possessing topologically protected orbital angular momentum (OAM). So far, the spatiotemporal dynamics of optical vortices, including vortex-pair creation and annihilation, has been observed only in Bose–Einstein condensates. Here we observe optical vortices in van der Waals materials and measure their dynamics, including events of pair creation and annihilation. Vortices of opposite OAM are involved in pair creation/annihilation events, and their relative signs determine the surrounding field profile throughout their motion. The vortices are made of phonon polaritons in hexagonal boron nitride, which we directly probe using free electrons in an ultrafast transmission electron microscope. Our findings promote future investigations of vortex phenomena in van der Waals platforms, toward their use for chiral plasmonics, quantum simulators, and control over selection rules in light–matter interactions.

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Physics

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Kurman, Yaniv

Dahan, Raphael

Herzig Shenfux, Hanan; ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques

Rosolen, Gilles ; Université de Mons - UMONS

Janzen, Eli; Kansas State University

Edgar, James H.; Kansas State University

Koppens, Frank H. L.; ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques ; ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanats

Kaminer, Ido

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English

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Dynamics of optical vortices in van der Waals materials

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17 May 2023

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Optica

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2334-2536

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Optica Publishing Group

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612

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Micro- and Nanophotonic Materials

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R400 - Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux

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European Research Council
Office of Naval Research
HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council
Israel Science Foundation
Gobierno de España
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
European Union Next Generation EU/PRTR
Fundación Cellex
Fundació Mir-Puig
Generalitat de Catalunya

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