@article{65316, abstract = {{Metasurfaces are powerful tools for manipulating light using small structures on the nanoscale. In most metasurfaces, near-field couplings are treated as being unfavorable perturbations. Here, we experimentally investigate a structure consisting of sinusoidally modulated silicon waveguides where near-field coupling of local resonances leads to negative coupling, i.e., a negative coupling constant. This gives rise to wave-vector-dependent eigenstates of elliptical, linear, and circular polarizations. In particular, fully circular polarization states are not only present at a single point in momentum space (k-space) but also along a line. This circular polarization line, as well as a linear polarization line, emanates from a polarization degeneracy at the Dirac point. We experimentally validate the existence of these eigenstates and demonstrate the energy-, polarization-, and wave vector dependence of this metasurface as well as its sensitivity to fabrication tolerances. By tuning the incident k-vector, certain polarization-energy eigenstates are strongly reflected, allowing for uses in angle-tunable polarization filters and light sources.}}, author = {{Wetter, Helene and Wingenbach, Jan and Rehberg, Falk and Gao, Wenlong and Schumacher, Stefan and Zentgraf, Thomas}}, issn = {{2330-4022}}, journal = {{ACS Photonics}}, publisher = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}}, title = {{{Polarization- and Wave-Vector Selective Optical Metasurface with Near-Field Coupling}}}, doi = {{10.1021/acsphotonics.5c02865}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{60298, abstract = {{In this work, we introduce PHOENIX, a highly optimized explicit open-source solver for two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equations with extensions. The nonlinear Schrödinger equation and its extensions (Gross-Pitaevskii equation) are widely studied to model and analyze complex phenomena in fields such as optics, condensed matter physics, fluid dynamics, and plasma physics. It serves as a powerful tool for understanding nonlinear wave dynamics, soliton formation, and the interplay between nonlinearity, dispersion, and diffraction. By extending the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, various physical effects such as non-Hermiticity, spin-orbit interaction, and quantum optical aspects can be incorporated. PHOENIX is designed to accommodate a wide range of applications by a straightforward extendability without the need for user knowledge of computing architectures or performance optimization. The high performance and power efficiency of PHOENIX are demonstrated on a wide range of entry-class to high-end consumer and high-performance computing GPUs and CPUs. Compared to a more conventional MATLAB implementation, a speedup of up to three orders of magnitude and energy savings of up to 99.8% are achieved. The performance is compared to a performance model showing that PHOENIX performs close to the relevant performance bounds in many situations. The possibilities of PHOENIX are demonstrated with a range of practical examples from the realm of nonlinear (quantum) photonics in planar microresonators with active media including exciton-polariton condensates. Examples range from solutions on very large grids, the use of local optimization algorithms, to Monte Carlo ensemble evolutions with quantum noise enabling the tomography of the system's quantum state.}}, author = {{Wingenbach, Jan and Bauch, David and Ma, Xuekai and Schade, Robert and Plessl, Christian and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{0010-4655}}, journal = {{Computer Physics Communications}}, publisher = {{Elsevier BV}}, title = {{{PHOENIX – Paderborn highly optimized and energy efficient solver for two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equations with integrated extensions}}}, doi = {{10.1016/j.cpc.2025.109689}}, volume = {{315}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{61245, author = {{Barkhausen, Franziska and Ares Santos, Laura and Schumacher, Stefan and Sperling, Jan}}, issn = {{2469-9926}}, journal = {{Physical Review A}}, number = {{3}}, publisher = {{American Physical Society (APS)}}, title = {{{Entanglement between dependent degrees of freedom: Quasiparticle correlations}}}, doi = {{10.1103/physreva.111.032404}}, volume = {{111}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{61246, abstract = {{Abstract The time-dependent one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) is solved numerically by a hybrid pseudospectral-variational quantum algorithm that connects a pseudospectral step for the Hamiltonian term with a variational step for the nonlinear term. The Hamiltonian term is treated as an integrating factor by forward and backward Fourier transforms, which are here carried out classically. This split allows us to avoid higher-order time integration schemes, to apply a first-order explicit time stepping for the remaining nonlinear NLSE term in a variational algorithm block, and thus to avoid numerical instabilities. We demonstrate that the analytical solution is reproduced with a small root mean square error for a long time interval over which a nonlinear soliton propagates significantly forward in space while keeping its shape. We analyze the accuracy and complexity of the quantum algorithm, the expressibility of the ansatz circuit and compare it with classical approaches. Furthermore, we investigate the influence of algorithm parameters on the accuracy of the results, including the temporal step width and the depth of the quantum circuit.}}, author = {{Köcher, Nikolas and Rose, Hendrik and Bharadwaj, Sachin S. and Schumacher, Jörg and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{2045-2322}}, journal = {{Scientific Reports}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}}, title = {{{Numerical solution of nonlinear Schrödinger equation by a hybrid pseudospectral-variational quantum algorithm}}}, doi = {{10.1038/s41598-025-05660-3}}, volume = {{15}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{61249, author = {{Ai, Qiang and Wingenbach, Jan and Yang, Xinmiao and Wei, Jing and Hatzopoulos, Zaharias and Savvidis, Pavlos G. and Schumacher, Stefan and Ma, Xuekai and Gao, Tingge}}, issn = {{2331-7019}}, journal = {{Physical Review Applied}}, number = {{2}}, publisher = {{American Physical Society (APS)}}, title = {{{Optically and remotely controlling localization of exciton-polariton condensates in a potential lattice}}}, doi = {{10.1103/physrevapplied.23.024029}}, volume = {{23}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{62867, abstract = {{ABSTRACT Effective manipulation of photonic spin–orbit coupling (SOC) in microcavities is of fundamental importance within topological photonics and applications. Anisotropic organic single‐crystalline materials can induce abundant SOC phenomenon due to their flexible tunability of molecular geometries, however, the intrinsic relationship between molecular geometries/orientations in 3D space and photonic SOC is lacking. In this study, we design two kinds of 2D organic polymorphs for the construction of organic microcavities to investigate the structure‐performance relationships. In two polymorphic microcavities, two distinctive photonic SOC phenomena are observed regardless of the in‐plane anisotropy of organic polymorphs. Theoretical analysis indicates that the photonic SOC strength is strongly influenced by the synergies between the crystal anisotropy and the tilted collective molecular transition dipole moment. Our results uncover the correlation mechanism between the structure of molecules and photonic SOC and open an avenue to engineer complex photonic SOC by use of organic microstructures towards the development of diverse integrated photonic devices.}}, author = {{Ji, Ying and Ma, Xuekai and Huang, Han and Deng, Yibo and Wang, Pingyang and Long, Teng and Li, Yuan and Zhao, Ruiyang and Li, Yunfei and An, Cunbin and Schumacher, Stefan and Gu, Chunling and Liao, Bo and Fu, Hongbing and Liao, Qing}}, issn = {{1863-8880}}, journal = {{Laser & Photonics Reviews}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Molecular Orientation‐Dependent Photonic Spin–Orbit Coupling in Organic Microcavities Filled with 2D Polymorphic Crystals}}}, doi = {{10.1002/lpor.202501874}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{62862, abstract = {{Exciton polariton condensates are macroscopic coherent states in which topological excitations can be observed. In this work, we observe the excitation of the vortices and realize tuning the topological charge by manipulating the pumping configurations. Using a digital micromirror device, we constructed an annular pumping pattern where the inner and outer rings can be easily tuned. Both the number and the topological charge of the vortices can be changed by slightly tuning the inner ring position against the outer ring. The experimental results can be reproduced in theory by the Gross–Pitaevskii equation. Our work offers to generate and manipulate vortices in exciton polariton condensates using a straightforward optical method.}}, author = {{Ai, Qiang and Ma, Xuekai and Barkhausen, Franziska and Zhai, Xiaokun and Xing, Chunzi and Yang, Xinmiao and Wang, Peilin and Liu, Tianyu and Zhang, Yong and Gu, Yazhou and Li, Peigang and Li, Zhitong and Hatzopoulos, Zacharias and Savvidis, Pavlos G. and Schumacher, Stefan and Gao, Tingge}}, issn = {{0003-6951}}, journal = {{Applied Physics Letters}}, number = {{12}}, publisher = {{AIP Publishing}}, title = {{{Tuning polariton vortices in an asymmetric ring potential}}}, doi = {{10.1063/5.0287076}}, volume = {{127}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{62865, author = {{Sun, Jinming and Chen, Manna and Schumacher, Stefan and Hu, Wei and Ma, Xuekai}}, issn = {{2469-9950}}, journal = {{Physical Review B}}, number = {{11}}, publisher = {{American Physical Society (APS)}}, title = {{{Higher-order dark solitons and control dynamics in microcavity polariton condensates}}}, doi = {{10.1103/p357-vyq8}}, volume = {{112}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{62866, abstract = {{Abstract The development of efficient and broadly applicable n‐doping strategies for organic semiconductors (OSCs) is crucial for advancing the performance of various organic electronic devices. Here, a novel nucleophilic‐attack n‐doping mechanism is unveiled that achieves exceptionally high conductivity in doped OSC films and demonstrates broad applicability across OSCs. The remarkable efficacy of n‐Butyl lithium (n‐BuLi) is highlighted in n‐doping C 60 and PC 61 BM, achieving a conductivity of 1.27 S cm −1 and 2.57 S cm −1 , respectively, which are among the highest reported values for these materials. The investigation reveals that the n‐BuLi anion interacts with electron‐deficient units in OSCs, generating a carbanion that facilitates efficient electron transfer for n‐doping. This mechanism is further validated across diverse fullerenes, polymeric, and small molecule OSCs, and is extendable to other high‐performance dopants such as tert‐Butyllithium (tert‐BuLi) and sodium ethoxide (NaOEt). Device studies show that n‐BuLi‐doped C 60 enables substantially improved diode rectification, attributed to greater junction built‐in potential. These findings establish a unified chemical‐bonding‐based n‐doping paradigm, complementing existing electrophilic‐attack p‐doping concepts, and pave the way for achieving efficient doping of OSCs for advanced organic electronic applications. }}, author = {{Wei, Huan and Wu, Tong and Dong, Chuanding and Chen, Chen and Gong, Zhenqi and Xia, Jiangnan and Peng, Chengyuan and Ding, Jiaqi and Zhang, Yu and Shi, Wenpei and Schumacher, Stefan and Zhang, Xue and Bai, Yugang and Jiang, Lang and Liao, Lei and Nguyen, Thuc‐Quyen and Hu, Yuanyuan}}, issn = {{2198-3844}}, journal = {{Advanced Science}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Efficient n‐Doping of Organic Semiconductors via a Broadly Applicable Nucleophilic‐Attack Mechanism}}}, doi = {{10.1002/advs.202520487}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{60992, abstract = {{Non-Hermitian systems hosting exceptional points (EPs) exhibit enhanced sensitivity and unconventional mode dynamics. Going beyond isolated EPs, here we report on the existence of exceptional rings (ERs) in planar optical resonators with specific form of circular dichroism and TE-TM splitting. Such exceptional rings possess intriguing topologies as discussed earlier for condensed matter systems, but they remain virtually unexplored in presence of nonlinearity, for which our photonic platform is ideal. We find that when Kerr-type nonlinearity (or saturable gain) is introduced, the linear ER splits into two concentric ERs, with the larger-radius ring being a ring of third-order EPs. Transitioning from linear to nonlinear regime, we present a rigorous analysis of spectral topology and report enhanced and adjustable perturbation response in the nonlinear regime. Whereas certain features are specific to our system, the results on non-Hermitian spectral topology and nonlinearity-enhanced perturbation response are generic and equally relevant to a broad class of other nonlinear non-Hermitian systems, providing a universal framework for engineering ERs and EPs in nonlinear non-Hermitian systems.}}, author = {{Wingenbach, Jan and Ares Santos, Laura and Ma, Xuekai and Sperling, Jan and Schumacher, Stefan}}, journal = {{Arxiv}}, publisher = {{Arxiv}}, title = {{{Sensitivity and Topology of Exceptional Rings in Nonlinear Non-Hermitian Planar Optical Microcavities}}}, doi = {{10.48550/ARXIV.2507.07099}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{63160, author = {{Rose, Hendrik and Schumacher, Stefan and Meier, Torsten}}, issn = {{2469-9950}}, journal = {{Physical Review B}}, number = {{24}}, publisher = {{American Physical Society (APS)}}, title = {{{Microscopic approach to the quantized light-matter interaction in semiconductor nanostructures: Complex coupled dynamics of excitons, biexcitons, and photons}}}, doi = {{10.1103/528f-7smh}}, volume = {{112}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{50829, author = {{Heinisch, Nils and Köcher, Nikolas and Bauch, David and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{2643-1564}}, journal = {{Physical Review Research}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{American Physical Society (APS)}}, title = {{{Swing-up dynamics in quantum emitter cavity systems: Near ideal single photons and entangled photon pairs}}}, doi = {{10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L012017}}, volume = {{6}}, year = {{2024}}, } @article{51105, author = {{Wingenbach, Jan and Schumacher, Stefan and Ma, Xuekai}}, journal = {{Physical Review Research, in press}}, title = {{{Manipulating spectral topology and exceptional points by nonlinearity in non-Hermitian polariton systems}}}, year = {{2024}}, } @article{51221, abstract = {{Charge transfer mechanism in the deprotonation-induced n-type doping of PCBM.}}, author = {{Dong, Chuan-Ding and Bauch, Fabian and Hu, Yuanyuan and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{1463-9076}}, journal = {{Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics}}, keywords = {{Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, General Physics and Astronomy}}, number = {{5}}, pages = {{4194--4199}}, publisher = {{Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)}}, title = {{{Charge transfer in superbase n-type doping of PCBM induced by deprotonation}}}, doi = {{10.1039/d3cp05105f}}, volume = {{26}}, year = {{2024}}, } @article{52534, author = {{Bauch, Fabian and Dong, Chuan-Ding and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{1932-7447}}, journal = {{The Journal of Physical Chemistry C}}, keywords = {{Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, General Energy, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials}}, number = {{8}}, pages = {{3525--3532}}, publisher = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}}, title = {{{Dynamics of Electron–Hole Coulomb Attractive Energy and Dipole Moment of Hot Excitons in Donor–Acceptor Polymers}}}, doi = {{10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c07513}}, volume = {{128}}, year = {{2024}}, } @inproceedings{60023, author = {{Wetter, Helene and Gao, Wenlong and Rehberg, Falk and Wingenbach, Jan and Schumacher, Stefan and Zentgraf, Thomas}}, booktitle = {{Proceedings of The 14th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics}}, issn = {{2429-1390}}, location = {{Toyama, Japan}}, title = {{{Dielectric metasurface for wave-vector variant and circular polarization dependent transmission}}}, year = {{2024}}, } @article{61251, abstract = {{We theoretically investigate strategies for the deterministic creation of trains of time-bin entangled photons using an individual quantum emitter described by a Λ-type electronic system. We explicitly demonstrate the theoretical generation of linear cluster states with substantial numbers of entangled photonic qubits in full microscopic numerical simulations. The underlying scheme is based on the manipulation of ground state coherences through precise optical driving. One important finding is that the most easily accessible quality metrics, the achievable rotation fidelities, fall short in assessing the actual quantum correlations of the emitted photons in the face of losses. To address this, we explicitly calculate stabilizer generator expectation values as a superior gauge for the quantum properties of the generated many-photon state. With widespread applicability in other emitter and excitation–emission schemes also, our work lays the conceptual foundations for an in-depth practical analysis of time-bin entanglement based on full numerical simulations with predictive capabilities for realistic systems and setups, including losses and imperfections. The specific results shown in the present work illustrate that with controlled minimization of losses and realistic system parameters for quantum-dot type systems, useful linear cluster states of significant lengths can be generated in the calculations, discussing the possibility of scalability for quantum information processing endeavors.}}, author = {{Bauch, David and Köcher, Nikolas and Heinisch, Nils and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{2835-0103}}, journal = {{APL Quantum}}, number = {{3}}, publisher = {{AIP Publishing}}, title = {{{Time-bin entanglement in the deterministic generation of linear photonic cluster states}}}, doi = {{10.1063/5.0214197}}, volume = {{1}}, year = {{2024}}, } @article{61250, author = {{Bennenhei, Christoph and Shan, Hangyong and Struve, Marti and Kunte, Nils and Eilenberger, Falk and Ohmer, Jürgen and Fischer, Utz and Schumacher, Stefan and Ma, Xuekai and Schneider, Christian and Esmann, Martin}}, issn = {{2330-4022}}, journal = {{ACS Photonics}}, number = {{8}}, pages = {{3046--3054}}, publisher = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}}, title = {{{Organic Room-Temperature Polariton Condensate in a Higher-Order Topological Lattice}}}, doi = {{10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00268}}, volume = {{11}}, year = {{2024}}, } @article{61253, abstract = {{In the SUPER scheme (Swing-UP of the quantum EmitteR population), excitation of a quantum emitter is achieved with two off-resonant, red-detuned laser pulses. This allows the generation of high-quality single photons without the need of complex laser stray light suppression or careful spectral filtering. In the present work, we extend this promising method to quantum emitters, specifically semiconductor quantum dots, inside a resonant optical cavity. A significant advantage of the SUPER scheme is identified in that it eliminates re-excitation of the quantum emitter by suppressing photon emission during the excitation cycle. This, in turn, leads to almost ideal single-photon purity, overcoming a major factor typically limiting the quality of photons generated with quantum emitters in high-quality cavities. We further find that for cavity-mediated biexciton emission of degenerate photon pairs, the SUPER scheme leads to near-perfect biexciton initialization with very high values of polarization entanglement of emitted photon pairs. Published by the American Physical Society 2024 }}, author = {{Heinisch, Nils and Köcher, Nikolas and Bauch, David and Schumacher, Stefan}}, issn = {{2643-1564}}, journal = {{Physical Review Research}}, number = {{1}}, publisher = {{American Physical Society (APS)}}, title = {{{Swing-up dynamics in quantum emitter cavity systems: Near ideal single photons and entangled photon pairs}}}, doi = {{10.1103/physrevresearch.6.l012017}}, volume = {{6}}, year = {{2024}}, } @article{61255, abstract = {{Abstract Topological states have been widely investigated in different types of systems and lattices. In the present work, we report on topological edge states in double-wave (DW) chains, which can be described by a generalized Aubry-André-Harper (AAH) model. For the specific system of a driven-dissipative exciton polariton system we show that in such potential chains, different types of edge states can form. For resonant optical excitation, we further find that the optical nonlinearity leads to a multistability of different edge states. This includes topologically protected edge states evolved directly from individual linear eigenstates as well as additional edge states that originate from nonlinearity-induced localization of bulk states. Extending the system into two dimensions (2D) by stacking horizontal DW chains in the vertical direction, we also create 2D multi-wave lattices. In such 2D lattices multiple Su–Schrieffer–Heeger (SSH) chains appear along the vertical direction. The combination of DW chains in the horizonal and SSH chains in the vertical direction then results in the formation of higher-order topological insulator corner states. Multistable corner states emerge in the nonlinear regime.}}, author = {{Schneider, Tobias and Gao, Wenlong and Zentgraf, Thomas and Schumacher, Stefan and Ma, Xuekai}}, issn = {{2192-8614}}, journal = {{Nanophotonics}}, number = {{4}}, pages = {{509--518}}, publisher = {{Walter de Gruyter GmbH}}, title = {{{Topological edge and corner states in coupled wave lattices in nonlinear polariton condensates}}}, doi = {{10.1515/nanoph-2023-0556}}, volume = {{13}}, year = {{2024}}, }