Possible Realization of Directional Optical Waveguides in Photonic Crystals with Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry

F. D. M. Haldane and S. Raghu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 013904 – Published 10 January 2008

Abstract

We show how, in principle, to construct analogs of quantum Hall edge states in “photonic crystals” made with nonreciprocal (Faraday-effect) media. These form “one-way waveguides” that allow electromagnetic energy to flow in one direction only.

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  • Received 23 March 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.013904

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

F. D. M. Haldane and S. Raghu*

  • Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-0708, USA

  • *Current address: Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

See Also

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

Zheng Wang, Y. D. Chong, John D. Joannopoulos, and Marin Soljačić
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 013905 (2008)

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Vol. 100, Iss. 1 — 11 January 2008

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