Title :
Large chern number one-way waveguides
Author :
Skirlo, Scott A. ; Igarashi, Yuichi ; Ling Lu ; Soljacic, Marin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We predict quantum anomalous Hall phases in photonic crystals with large Chern numbers of 2, 3 and 4, and demonstrate their applications. Finally, we present experimental evidence for multimode unidirectional waveguides at microwave frequencies.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; photonic crystals; quantum optics; Chern number one-way waveguides; microwave frequencies; multimode unidirectional waveguides; photonic crystals; quantum anomalous Hall phases; Lattices; Metals; Microwave frequencies; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA