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Topologically robust transport of photons in a synthetic gauge field
1Joint Quantum Institute, NIST/University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
Abstract:
Electronic transport is localized in low-dimensional disordered media. The addition of gauge fields to disordered media leads to fundamental changes in the transport properties. We implement a synthetic gauge field for photons using silicon-on-insulator technology. By determining the distribution of transport properties, we confirm that waves are localized in the bulk and localization is suppressed in edge states. Our system provides a new platform for investigating the transport properties of photons in the presence of synthetic gauge fields.
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