Title :
Plasmonic waveguide array: Simulating topological photonic states and massless Dirac Fermion
Author :
Cheng, Q.Q. ; Yiming Pan ; Xu, B.B. ; Tao Li ; Zhu, S.N.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Lab. of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
In the binary plasmonic waveguide array (PWA), we experimentally demonstrated a topologically protected optical mode with immunity against structural disorders, and theoretically proposed an optical analogue of massless Dirac Fermion by alternating positive and negative couplings.
Keywords :
fermion systems; optical arrays; optical waveguides; plasmonics; binary plasmonic waveguide array; massless Dirac Fermion; optical analogue; structural disorders; topological photonic states; topologically protected optical mode; Arrays; Couplings; Optical device fabrication; Optical diffraction; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
