Effective magnetic fields for photons in waveguide and coupled resonator lattices
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A method to realize effective magnetic fields for photons in square lattices of coupled optical waveguides or resonators is suggested, which is inspired by an optical analogue of photon-assisted tunneling of atom optics. It is shown that an artificial magnetic field can be achieved by application of an index gradient and periodic lumped phase shifts or modulation of the propagation constants/resonances, without the need to modulate the coupling strength.
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“In other words, optical waveguide axis bending introduces an equivalent gravitational potential for photons, which has found several applications, for example in dynamical localization of light [36, 37], control of photon tunneling [38] and realization of synthetic gauge fields for photons [39, 40] (for a recent review see [41]).”
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- Authors
- Longhi, S.
- Affiliations
- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IT)
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- Longhi, Stefano
- ORCID
- Longhi, Stefano
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- Optics Letters
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
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- 2013-09-09
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- 38
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- 18
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- 3570
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- 0146-9592 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-4794
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- en
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- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Nonlinear Photonic Systems
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Keywords
- effective magnetic field, photon-assisted tunneling, coupled optical waveguides, coupled resonators, square lattice, artificial magnetic field, optical lattices
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