立体フォトニクトポロジック断熱器の実現
Yihao Yang1,2,3,4, Zhen Gao5,6, Haoran Xue3,4
1State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, The Electromagnetics Academy at Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Nature
|January 11, 2019
まとめ
研究者は3Dフォトニック トポロジカル・アイソレーターを作成し,広いトポロジカル・バンドギャップを達成しました. この画期的な発見により 光を3次元に閉じ込め 広げる事が可能になりました
科学分野:
- フォトニクスと材料科学
- 凝縮物質物理学
- 電磁気学
背景:
- 光学結晶は光を閉じ込めますが トポロジカルな保護はありません
- 二次元 (2D) フォトニック・トポロジカル・アイソレーターは,トポロジカル・プロテクションを提供するが,2Dに限定される.
- 完全に3次元 (3D) のトポロジック光波帯のギャップを達成することは依然として大きな課題です.
研究 の 目的:
- 実験的に3Dフォトニック トポロジック 断熱器を実証する.
- 広い3Dトポロジカルバンドギャップを実現し,強固な光の閉じ込めを実現します.
- 3Dトポロジックフォトニクスの可能性を探求する.
主な方法:
- 印刷回路板に金属模様を使用した複合材料の製造.
- 強力な磁気-電気結合を持つ分割リング共振器を使用します.
- 帯状構造と表面状態をマップするための直接的なフィールド測定.
主要な成果:
- 帯域幅>25%の3Dトポロジカルバンドギャップを持つ3D光学トポロジカル断熱器の実証.
- フォトンの表面状態のギャップされたバルクバンド構造とディラク型分散の観測.
- 非平面の表面に沿って 強力な光子伝播の証拠
結論:
- この研究は,フェルミオンからボゾンまでの3Dトポロジック分離器の概念を成功裏に拡張しています.
- 開発された素材は3Dトポロジックフォトニックアプリケーションのためのプラットフォームを提供します.
- この研究は3Dトポロジックフォトニックの穴,回路,レーザーへの道を開きます.
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