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Topological photonic crystal with equifrequency Weyl points

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-07-06 v2 Materials Science Optics

Abstract

Weyl points in three-dimensional photonic crystals behave as monopoles of Berry flux in momentum space. Here, based on general symmetry analysis, we show that a minimal number of four symmetry-related (consequently equifrequency) Weyl points can be realized in time-reversal invariant photonic crystals. We further propose an experimentally-feasible way to modify double-gyroid photonic crystals to realize four equifrequency Weyl points, which is explicitly confirmed by our first-principle photonic band-structure calculations. Remarkably, photonic crystals with equifrequency Weyl points are qualitatively advantageous in applications including angular selectivity, frequency selectivity, invisibility cloaking, and three dimensional imaging.

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@article{arxiv.1511.09282,
  title  = {Topological photonic crystal with equifrequency Weyl points},
  author = {Luyang Wang and Shao-Kai Jian and Hong Yao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.09282},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages + Supplemental Material, 4 figures