Title :
Topological insulators in PT-symmetric lattices
Author :
Harari, Gal ; Plotnik, Yonatan ; Bandres, Miguel ; Lumer, Yaakov ; Rechtsman, Mikael C. ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present the first PT-symmetric topological insulator system: topologically-protected transport of edge states in PT-symmetric photonic honeycomb lattices.
Keywords :
honeycomb structures; optical lattices; topological insulators; PT-symmetric photonic honeycomb lattices; edge states; topological insulators; topologically-protected transport; Image edge detection; Lattices; Modulation; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Scattering; Topological insulators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
