Possible Realization of Directional Optical Waveguides in Photonic Crystals with Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry

2005/03/31 by F. D. M. Haldane, S. Raghu · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mes-hall

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.100.013904

published as Phys.Rev.Lett. 100, 013904 (2008) · 4 pages, 1 figure

arxiv created 2008/10/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We show how in principle to construct analogs of quantum Hall edge states in "photonic crystals" made with non-reciprocal (Faraday-effect) media. These form "one-way waveguides" that allow electromagnetic energy to flow in one direction only.

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