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Reflection-Free One-Way Edge Modes in a Gyromagnetic Photonic Crystal

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Wang, Zheng, Chong, Y. D., Joannopoulos, John D., Soljačić, Marin·2008·Physical Review Letters

Abstract

We point out that electromagnetic one-way edge modes analogous to quantum Hall edge states, originally predicted by Raghu and Haldane in 2D photonic crystals possessing Dirac point-derived band gaps, can appear in more general settings. We show that the TM modes in a gyromagnetic photonic crystal can be formally mapped to electronic wave functions in a periodic electromagnetic field, so that the only requirement for the existence of one-way edge modes is that the Chern number for all bands below a gap is nonzero. In a square-lattice yttrium-iron-garnet crystal operating at microwave frequencies, which lacks Dirac points, time-reversal breaking is strong enough that the effect should be easily observable. For realistic material parameters, the edge modes occupy a 10% band gap. Numerical simulations of a one-way waveguide incorporating this crystal show 100% transmission across strong defects.

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    Hatsugai's relation between edge states and Chern numbers, derived using a lattice quantum Hall model, applies to the photonic system.

    “The Chern-number argument for the existence of photonic edge modes depends on a crucial assumption: that Hatsugai's relation between edge states and Chern numbers [9], which was derived using a lattice QH model, applies to the photonic system.”
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    In realistic gyroelectric materials, the strength of time-reversal breaking (the Voigt parameter) is at most 10^-3.

    “In realistic gyroelectric materials, the strength of T breaking, characterized by the ratio of (imaginary) offdiagonal to (real) on-diagonal elements of the permittivity tensor (the Voigt parameter) is at most 10 ÿ3 .”
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    One-way edge modes in gyroelectric photonic crystals have never been observed experimentally.

    “To our knowledge, these one-way edge modes have never been observed experimentally, and to do so one would desire a band gap that is orders of magnitude broader.”
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    The permeability tensor is frequency-independent with real-valued μ and κ, neglecting material dispersion and loss.

    “For now, we neglect the effect of material dispersion and loss, assuming a frequency-independent permeability tensor with real-valued and .”
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Authors
Wang, Z., Chong, Y. D., Joannopoulos, J. D., & Soljačić, M.
Affiliations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
2008-01-10
Volume
100
Issue
1
Pages
013905-013905
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
OpenAlex
W2108731428
Cited by
1,444
References
19
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FWCI
16.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (0213282)
  • Division of Materials Research
  • Army Research Office (W911NF-07-D- 0004, W911NF)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Condensed Matter Physics › Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Photonic Crystals and Applications
Keywords
gyromagnetic photonic crystals, Chern number, quantum Hall edge states, Dirac point, yttrium iron garnet, time-reversal symmetry breaking, TM modes, microwave photonics, photonic waveguides, square lattice photonic crystal

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