DocumentCode
1683446
Title
Strain-induced band gap and effective magnetic field in photonic crystals
Author
Rechtsman, Mikael C. ; Szameit, Alexander ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution
Solid State Inst., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We show that a certain inhomogeneous strain induces an effective magnetic field in photonic crystals that have Dirac points. The magnetic field induces highly degenerate Landau levels and band gaps in between them.
Keywords
Brillouin zones; Landau levels; elemental semiconductors; energy gap; internal stresses; magnetic field effects; photonic crystals; silicon; Brillouin zone; Dirac points; Landau level; Si; effective magnetic field; high-contrast silicon phase; inhomogeneous strain-induced band gap; photonic crystals; Magnetic fields; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Scattering; Strain;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6326793
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