Title :
Rashba effective spin-orbit coupling in photonic lattices
Author :
Plotnik, Yonatan ; Rechtsman, Mikael C. ; Stutzer, Simon ; Lumer, Yaakov ; Nolte, S. ; Szameit, A. ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally the Rashba effect using light in two “counterpropagating” photonic lattices. We observe breaking of inversion symmetry in the resulting band structure.
Keywords :
band structure; optical arrays; optical lattices; optical waveguides; plasmonics; spin-orbit interactions; Rashba effective spin-orbit coupling; band structure; inversion symmetry; optical waveguide array; photonic lattices; Arrays; Couplings; Lattices; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
