Title :
Disorder-induced Floquet topological insulators in photonic systems
Author :
Bhattacharjee, Paraj T. ; Lindner, Netanel H. ; Rechtsman, Mikael C. ; Refae, Gil
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose the photonic topological Anderson insulator (FTAI), the first realization of the FTAI phase in any physical context (including condensed matter and cold atoms). In this phase, disorder counter-intuitively induces a topological transition that breaks Anderson localization and leads to robust transport.
Keywords :
Anderson model; light propagation; optical materials; topological insulators; Anderson localization; FTAI; cold atoms; condensed matter; disorder-induced Floquet topological insulators; photonic systems; photonic topological Anderson insulator; robust transport; topological transition; Arrays; Insulators; Optical diffraction; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
