Title :
Disordered photonic graphene
Author :
Zeuner, Julia M. ; Rechtsman, Mikael C. ; Nolte, S. ; Szameit, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate the impact of disorder on edge states in photonic graphene and find strong evidence that not only chirality but also the vanishing of the density-of-states at zero-energy is preserved under structural disorder.
Keywords :
chirality; electronic density of states; graphene; C; chirality; density-of-states; disordered photonic graphene; edge states; structural disorder; Dispersion; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Graphene; Image edge detection; Lattices; Optical waveguides; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
