Optomechanical Dirac Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2015-08-06 v1 Optics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
Recent progress in optomechanical systems may soon allow the realization of optomechanical arrays, i.e. periodic arrangements of interacting optical and vibrational modes. We show that photons and phonons on a honeycomb lattice will produce an optically tunable Dirac-type band structure. Transport in such a system can exhibit transmission through an optically created barrier, similar to Klein tunneling, but with interconversion between light and sound. In addition, edge states at the sample boundaries are dispersive and enable controlled propagation of photon-phonon polaritons.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1410.8483,
title = {Optomechanical Dirac Physics},
author = {M. Schmidt and V. Peano and F. Marquardt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.8483},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures