Title :
Photonic topological edge modes without an edge
Author :
Katan, Yaniv Tenenbaum ; Lumer, Yaakov ; Rechtsman, Mikael C. ; Plotnik, Yonatan ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present photonic topological modes without a topological edge: topologically protected states which reside at a non-topological interface in the bulk of a photonic topological insulator (a honeycomb lattice of helical waveguides).
Keywords :
optical lattices; optical waveguides; topological insulators; helical waveguides; honeycomb lattice; nontopological interface; photonic topological edge modes; photonic topological insulator; topologically protected states; Approximation methods; Arrays; Lattices; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Photonics; Topological insulators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
