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Valley-protected backscattering suppression in silicon photonic graphene

Optics 2019-06-18 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

In this paper, we study valley degree of freedom in all dielectric silicon photonic graphene. Photonic band gap opening physics under inversion symmetry breaking is revisited by the viewpoint of nonzero valley Chern number. Bulk valley modes with opposite orbital angular momentum are unveiled by inspecting time-varying electric fields. Topological transition is well illustrated through photonic Dirac Hamiltonian. Valley dependent edge states and the associated valley-protected backscattering suppression around Z-shape bend waveguide have been demonstrated.

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@article{arxiv.1602.03352,
  title  = {Valley-protected backscattering suppression in silicon photonic graphene},
  author = {Xiao-Dong Chen and Jian-Wen Dong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.03352},
  year   = {2019}
}

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12 pages, 4 figures

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