Measuring the knots & braids of non-Hermitian oscillators
Date
Monday, December 18, 2023 11:30 - 12:30
Speaker
Jack Harris (Yale University)
Location
Raiffeisen Lecture Hall
Series
Colloquium
Tags
Institute Colloquium
Host
Onur Hosten
Contact
It may seem unlikely that rich mathematical structures remain to be uncovered in classical harmonic oscillators. Nevertheless, systems that combine non-reciprocity and loss have provided a number of surprises in recent years. I will describe how these systems naturally exhibit braids, knots, and other topological structures. I will also present measurements of these structures (using a cavity optomechanical system), and will describe their potential application in various control schemes. This will be a pedagogical introduction to these topics, with lots of pictures and videos!