Twist-induced orbital chirality in a photonic laser.

Frizyuk, Kristina; De Angelis, Costantino · Nat Commun · 2026

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The combination of two achiral photonic membranes into a twisted bilayer breaks mirror symmetry and induces non-Hermitian coupling between counter-rotating collective modes, making laser emission chiral.