Light Guiding by Effective Gauge Field for Photons

We propose a waveguiding mechanism based on the effective gauge potential for photons. The waveguide geometry consists of core and cladding regions with the same underlying dispersion relation, but subject to different gauge potentials. This geometry can be realized in a dynamically modulated resona...

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Published inPhysical review. X Vol. 4; no. 3; p. 031031
Main Authors Lin, Qian, Fan, Shanhui
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published College Park American Physical Society 01.08.2014
Subjects
Back propagation
Cladding
Dielectric waveguides
Frequency ranges
Light
Optical waveguides
Photonics
Photons
Reconfiguration
Resonators
Silicon
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ISSN2160-3308
2160-3308
DOI10.1103/PhysRevX.4.031031

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Summary:We propose a waveguiding mechanism based on the effective gauge potential for photons. The waveguide geometry consists of core and cladding regions with the same underlying dispersion relation, but subject to different gauge potentials. This geometry can be realized in a dynamically modulated resonator lattice and provides a conceptually straightforward and dynamically reconfigurable mechanism for generating a one-way waveguide.
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ISSN:2160-3308
2160-3308
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevX.4.031031