Floquet topological photonic crystals with temporally modulated media
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Author(s)
Wang, Yao-Ting
Tsai, Ya-Wen
Gao, Wenlong
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We show that Floquet topological insulating states can exist in two-dimensional photonic crystals made of time-variant optical materials. By arranging the modulating phases, it facilitates effective gauge fields that give rise to topological effects. The band structures demonstrate the existence of topologically non-trivial bandgaps, thereby leading to back scattering immune unidirectional edge states owing to bulk-edge correspondence. With these first-principle numerical results, we then verify the topological order for every Floquet band via Wilson loop approach. In the final paragraph, the possible experimental implementation for Floquet topological photonics is also discussed.
Date Issued
2020-07-06
Date Acceptance
2020-06-22
Citation
Optics Express, 2020, 28 (14), pp.21268-21274
ISSN
1094-4087
Publisher
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Start Page
21268
End Page
21274
Journal / Book Title
Optics Express
Volume
28
Issue
14
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Furtherdistribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journalcitation, and DOI.
Sponsor
The Leverhulme Trust
Grant Number
RPG-2016-365
Subjects
Optics
0205 Optical Physics
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1005 Communications Technologies
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-07-06