Topological light guiding and trapping via shifted photonic crystal interfaces
arXiv:2309.09745 · doi:10.1063/5.0186703
Abstract
Photonic crystals (PCs) are periodic dielectric structures that severed as an excellent platform to manipulate light. A conventional way to guide/trap light via PCs is to introduce a line or point defect by removing or modifying several unit cells. Here we show that the light can be effectively guided and trapped in the glided photonic crystal interfaces (GPCIs). The projected band gap of GPCIs, which depends on the glide parameter, is characterized by a Dirac mass. Interestingly, the GPCIs with zero Dirac mass is a glide-symmetric waveguide featured with excellent transmission performance even in the presence of sharp corners and disorders. Moreover, placing two GPCIs with opposite Dirac mass together results in a photonic bound state due to the Jackiw-Rebbi theory. Our work provides an alternative way towards the design of ultracompact photonic devices such as GPCIs-induced coupled cavity-waveguide system and waveguide splitter.
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