DocumentCode
2258812
Title
Optical tachyons, broken PT-symmetry, and strain effects in photonic graphene
Author
Szameit, Alexander ; Rechtsman, Mikael C. ; Bahat-Treidel, Omri ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate that optical tachyons, particles that travel faster than the speed of light can be generated by PT-symmetry breaking in photonic graphene. We further show that the PT-symmetry can be restored via strain.
Keywords
graphene; photonic crystals; spontaneous symmetry breaking; tachyons; C; PT-symmetry breaking; broken PT-symmetry; optical tachyons; photonic graphene; speed of light; strain effects; Dispersion; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Optical imaging; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Strain;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5951400
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