Title :
Tight binding model study of photonic one-way edge mode
Author :
Fang, Kejie ; Yu, Zongfu ; Fan, Shanhui
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
A microscopic picture of the emergence of one-way edge mode in a honeycomb lattice of resonators made from magneto-optic material is obtained using tight binding model. One-way slow light scheme is proposed based on the edge mode.
Keywords :
magneto-optical effects; optical resonators; photonic crystals; slow light; tight-binding calculations; honeycomb lattice; magneto-optic material; one-way slow light scheme; photonic one-way edge mode; resonators; tight binding model; Lattices; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
