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Fabrication And Characterization Of Photonic Crystal Slow Light Waveguides And Cavities
Published on: November 30, 2012
Boundary configured chiral edge states in valley topological photonic crystal
Abstract:
Chiral edge states (CESs) have been demonstrated at the external boundary of a valley photonic crystal (VPC), with flexibly tunable group velocity and frequency range by adjusting the boundary structure. In this work, we show parallel and antiparallel CESs located at two opposite VPC-air boundaries, which contain wave components belonging to opposite valleys or the same valley. In addition, we design a meta-structure with four types of air-contacted boundary that support CESs in different frequency ranges. The structure also has an internal interface channel supporting the valley edge state that bridges the top and bottom boundaries. We show that the CESs, while excited at a given port, can be exclusively guided to the other three ports, depending on the operating frequency. Our work provides an alternative way to design compact topological devices for optical waveguides and wave splitters.
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