Symmetry-controlled edge states in the type-II phase of Dirac photonic lattices
The electrons in 2D materials like graphene are described by the relativistic Dirac equation. Here the authors present a lattice of evanescently coupled waveguides that emulates a wide range of Dirac excitations and study the type-II edge states that emerge in this photonic system.
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| author | Georgios G. Pyrialakos Nora Schmitt Nicholas S. Nye Matthias Heinrich Nikolaos V. Kantartzis Alexander Szameit Demetrios N. Christodoulides |
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| description | The electrons in 2D materials like graphene are described by the relativistic Dirac equation. Here the authors present a lattice of evanescently coupled waveguides that emulates a wide range of Dirac excitations and study the type-II edge states that emerge in this photonic system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-777851c257af47a0bbe6961a63c4b4c92022-12-21T21:21:12ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-04-011111710.1038/s41467-020-15952-zSymmetry-controlled edge states in the type-II phase of Dirac photonic latticesGeorgios G. Pyrialakos0Nora Schmitt1Nicholas S. Nye2Matthias Heinrich3Nikolaos V. Kantartzis4Alexander Szameit5Demetrios N. Christodoulides6Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiInstitute of Physics, University of RostockDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiInstitute of Physics, University of RostockDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiInstitute of Physics, University of RostockCollege of Optics & Photonics-CREOL, University of Central FloridaThe electrons in 2D materials like graphene are described by the relativistic Dirac equation. Here the authors present a lattice of evanescently coupled waveguides that emulates a wide range of Dirac excitations and study the type-II edge states that emerge in this photonic system.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15952-z |
| spellingShingle | Georgios G. Pyrialakos Nora Schmitt Nicholas S. Nye Matthias Heinrich Nikolaos V. Kantartzis Alexander Szameit Demetrios N. Christodoulides Symmetry-controlled edge states in the type-II phase of Dirac photonic lattices Nature Communications |
| title | Symmetry-controlled edge states in the type-II phase of Dirac photonic lattices |
| title_full | Symmetry-controlled edge states in the type-II phase of Dirac photonic lattices |
| title_fullStr | Symmetry-controlled edge states in the type-II phase of Dirac photonic lattices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Symmetry-controlled edge states in the type-II phase of Dirac photonic lattices |
| title_short | Symmetry-controlled edge states in the type-II phase of Dirac photonic lattices |
| title_sort | symmetry controlled edge states in the type ii phase of dirac photonic lattices |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15952-z |
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