• DocumentCode
    1769608
  • Title

    Rashba effective spin-orbit coupling in photonic lattices

  • Author

    Plotnik, Yonatan ; Rechtsman, Mikael C. ; Stutzer, Simon ; Lumer, Yaakov ; Nolte, S. ; Szameit, A. ; Segev, Mordechai

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally the Rashba effect using light in two “counterpropagating” photonic lattices. We observe breaking of inversion symmetry in the resulting band structure.
  • Keywords
    band structure; optical arrays; optical lattices; optical waveguides; plasmonics; spin-orbit interactions; Rashba effective spin-orbit coupling; band structure; inversion symmetry; optical waveguide array; photonic lattices; Arrays; Couplings; Lattices; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988443
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1769608