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Topological photonics enables unprecedented photon manipulation by realizing various topological states, such as corner states, edge states, and surface states. However, achieving a topological fiber state has remained elusive. Here, we demonstrate a topological fiber state in a Weyl gyromagnetic photonic crystal fiber. By applying an in-plane magnetic bias to a gyromagnetic photonic crystal fiber with broken parity-inversion symmetry, we create an asymmetrical Weyl bandgap that supports one-way fiber states associated with type-II Weyl points. Dispersion and topological invariant calculations reveal the transition from Weyl surface states to one-way Weyl fiber states. Electromagnetic field simulations confirm the existence of one-way Weyl fiber states and their robust transport in the presence of metallic obstacle along the transport path. Our findings offer an intriguing pathway for exploring novel topological states and guiding the design of topological fibers., Comment: 19 pages, 7 figures

In the milli-Hertz frequency band, stochastic gravitational-wave background can be composed of both astronomical and cosmological sources, both can be anisotropic. Numerically depicting these anisotropies can be critical in revealing the underlying properties of their origins. For the first time, we perform a theoretical analysis of the constraining ability of TianQin on multiple moments of the stochastic background. First, we find that with a one-year operation, for a background with a signal-to-noise ratio of 16, TianQin can recover the multiple moments up to $l=4$. We also identified a unique feature of the stochastic background sky map, which is the mirror symmetry along the fixed orbital plane of TianQin. Thirdly, we explain the difference in anisotropy recovering ability between TianQin and LISA, by employing the criteria of the singularity of the covariance matrix (which is the condition number). Finally, we find that since the different data channel combinations correspond to different singularities, certain combinations might have an advantage in stochastic background map-making. We believe that the findings of this work can provide an important reference to future stochastic background analysis pipelines. It can also serve as a guideline for designing better gravitational-wave detectors aiming to decipher anisotropies in the stochastic background., Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures

Space-borne detectors, including TianQin and Laser Interferometry Space Antenna (LISA), are tasked with the simultaneous observation of Galactic foreground, astrophysical and cosmological stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds (SGWBs). For the first time, we employ a space-borne detector network to identify the multi-component SGWB. Specifically, we develop a tailored likelihood for cross-correlation detection with such networks. Combined with the likelihood, we use the simulated datasets of the TianQin + LISA network to conduct model selection and parameter estimation. Our results indicate that, after 4 years of operation, the network could detect a single SGWB from either astrophysical or cosmological origins, with an energy density $\Omega_{\rm ast/cos}$ (10 mHz) on the order of $10^{-12}$, despite the presence of a Galactic foreground. Furthermore, to distinguish the cosmological background from both a Galactic foreground and the expected astrophysical background, the energy density $\Omega_{\rm cos}$ should reach around $2\times 10^{-11}$., Comment: 17 pages, 9 figures

Weak-signal limit is often used in estimating stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) intensities. This approximation fails and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) can be much weaker when background signals are loud compared to the detector noise. In this work, we highlight this limitation for the SGWB detection using space-borne detector networks. For the TianQin + LISA network, the SNR estimated under the weak-signal limit might be off by as large as an order of magnitude. Contour plots of SNR over the parameter spaces are also presented to indicate regions susceptible to this discrepancy. Our results suggest that DA and DB type extragalactic double white dwarfs may yield an SGWB with SNR surpassing 100 after 1 year of operation in the weak-signal-limit scenario, with a redshift-independent merger rate of about $500\,\,{\rm Mpc^{-3}\,Myr^{-1}}$. In fact, this value falls significantly below the necessary threshold. Similar influences arise for first-order phase transitions, yet pinning down parameter regions remains formidable due to model uncertainties., Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures

Space-based gravitational wave detectors such as TianQin, LISA, and TaiJi have the potential to outperform themselves through joint observation. To achieve this, it is desirable to practice joint data analysis in advance on simulated data that encodes the intrinsic correlation among the signals found in different detectors that operate simultaneously. In this paper, we introduce \texttt{GWSpace}, a package that can simulate the joint detection data from TianQin, LISA, and TaiJi. The software is not a groundbreaking work that starts from scratch. Rather, we use as many open-source resources as possible, tailoring them to the needs of simulating the multi-mission science data and putting everything into a ready-to-go and easy-to-use package. We shall describe the main components, the construction, and a few examples of application of the package. A common coordinate system, namely the Solar System Barycenter (SSB) coordinate system, is utilized to calculate spacecraft orbits for all three missions. The paper also provides a brief derivation of the detection process and outlines the general waveform of sources detectable by these detectors., Comment: 24 pages, 13 figures, GWSpace will be uploaded at https://github.com/TianQinSYSU/GWSpace

Single gravitational-wave detectors face inherent limitations in detecting the anisotropy of the stochastic background. In this work, we explore the sensitivity to anisotropic backgrounds with a network of space-borne detectors. We find that the separation between detectors plays an important role in determining the sensitivity. For the first time, we observe as large as three orders of magnitude enhancement in detection sensitivity for the multipoles with $l=5$ and 6, compared to coinciding detectors. Coordinating and optimizing the separation between two space-borne detectors can significantly enhance the network's sensitivity to the multipole components of the stochastic background. For the TianQin + LISA network, benefiting from detector separation, it is possible to achieve sensitivity levels of 2-3 orders of magnitude better than using TianQin or LISA detector alone. These findings pave the way to uncover the underlying physics of anisotropy through gravitational-wave detections., Comment: 19 pages, 13 figures

Raman spectroscopy is a powerful tool to detect, analyze and identify molecules. It has been a long-history pursuit to push the detection limit of Raman spectroscopy down to the fundamental single-molecule (SM) level. Due to the tiny cross section of intrinsic Raman scattering of molecule, some enhancement mechanisms of light-matter interaction must be implemented to levitate the Raman scattering intensity by a huge number of ~14-15 orders of magnitude, to the level comparable with the molecule fluorescence intensity. In this work we report unambiguous observation of single-molecule Raman spectroscopy via synergic action of electromagnetic and chemical enhancement for rhodamine B (RhB) molecule absorbed within the plasmonic nanogap formed by gold nanoparticle sitting on the two-dimensional (2D) monolayer WS2 and 2 nm SiO2 coated gold thin film. Raman spectroscopy down to an extremely dilute value of 10-18 mol/L can still be clearly visible, and the statistical enhancement factor could reach 16 orders of magnitude compared with the reference detection sample of silicon plate with a detection limit of 10-2 mol/L. The electromagnetic enhancement comes from local surface plasmon resonance induced at the nanogap, which could reach ~10-11 orders of magnitude, while the chemical enhancement comes from monolayer WS2 2D material, which could reach 4-5 orders of magnitudes. The synergic implementation and action of these two prestigious Raman scattering enhancement mechanisms in this specially designed 2D material-plasmon nanogap composite nanoscale system enables unambiguous experimental observation of single-molecule Raman spectroscopy of RhB molecule. This route of Raman enhancement devices could open up a new frontier of single molecule science, allowing detection, identification, and monitor of single molecules and their spatial-temporal evolution under various internal and external stimuli.

The method of time delay interferometry (TDI) is proposed to cancel the laser noise in space-borne gravitational-wave detectors. Among all different TDI combinations, the most commonly used ones are the orthogonal channels A, E and T, where A and E are signal-sensitive and T is signal-insensitive. Meanwhile, for the detection of stochastic gravitational-wave background, one needs to introduce the overlap reduction function to characterize the correlation between channels. For the calculation of overlap reduction function, it is often convenient to work in the low-frequency approximation, and assuming the equal-arm Michelson channels. However, if one wishes to work on the overlap reduction function of $\rm A/E$ channels, then the low-frequency approximation fails. We derive the exact form of overlap reduction function for $\rm A/E$ channels. Based on the overlap reduction function, we calculate the sensitivity curves of TianQin, TianQin I+II and TianQin + LISA. We conclude that the detection sensitivity calculated with $\rm A/E$ channels is mostly consistent with that obtained from the equal-arm Michelson channels., Comment: 18 pages,10 figures

Classical wisdom of wave-particle duality says that it is impossible to observe simultaneously the wave and particle nature of microscopic object. Mathematically the principle requests that the interference visibility V and which-path distinguishability D satisfy an orthodox limit of square(V)+square(D)<=1. This work presents a new wave-particle duality test experiment with single photon in a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer and convincingly show the possibility of breaking the limit. The key element of the interferometer is a weakly-scattering total-internal reflection prism surface, which exhibits pronounced single-photon interference with a visibility up to 0.97 and simultaneously provides path distinguishability of 0.83. Apparently square(V)+square(D)=1.63 far exceeds the orthodox limit set by the principle of wave-particle duality for single photon. It is expected that more delicate experiments in future should be able to demonstrate the ultimate regime of square(V)+square(D) approaching 2 and shed new light on the foundations of contemporary quantum mechanics., Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures