Photonic modes in synthetic photonic lattices localized due to nontrivial gauge field circulation

Artem Pankov; Ilya Vatnik; Dmitry Churkin; Andrey A. Sukhorukov

doi:10.1117/12.2285492

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24 October 2017 Photonic modes in synthetic photonic lattices localized due to nontrivial gauge field circulation

Artem Pankov, Ilya Vatnik, Dmitry Churkin, Andrey A. Sukhorukov

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Proceedings Volume 10457, AOPC 2017: Laser Components, Systems, and Applications; 1045734 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2285492
Event: Applied Optics and Photonics China (AOPC2017), 2017, Beijing, China

Abstract

One of concepts giving opportunities for studying of topological insulators in non-magnetic materials, or creating scattering-immune in optical waveguides is creation of synthetic gauge fields in photonic systems. It was shown that gauge fields shift the band-gaps of optical waves, which can be applied to implement one-way nonreciprocal waveguides, even though both the waveguide core and cladding are in a topologically trivial state [1]. In our work we propose a method to create a gauge field in a synthetic photonic mesh lattice – an optical device proved its high versatility for optical experiments [2]. We demonstrate presence of localized modes due to nontrivial gauge field circulation.

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Artem Pankov, Ilya Vatnik, Dmitry Churkin, and Andrey A. Sukhorukov "Photonic modes in synthetic photonic lattices localized due to nontrivial gauge field circulation", Proc. SPIE 10457, AOPC 2017: Laser Components, Systems, and Applications, 1045734 (24 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2285492

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