TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrated optical Dirac physics via inversion symmetry breaking
AU - Collins, Matthew J.
AU - Zhang, Fan
AU - Bojko, Richard
AU - Chrostowski, Lukas
AU - Rechtsman, Mikael C.
PY - 2016/12/13
Y1 - 2016/12/13
N2 - Graphene and boron nitride are two-dimensional materials whose atoms are arranged in a honeycomb lattice. Their unique properties arise because their electrons behave like relativistic particles (without and with mass, respectively) - namely, they obey the Dirac equation. Here, we use a photonic analog of boron nitride to observe Dirac physics in a silicon integrated optical platform. This will allow for photonic applications of Dirac dispersions (gapped and ungapped) to be realized in an on-chip, integrated nanophotonic platform.
AB - Graphene and boron nitride are two-dimensional materials whose atoms are arranged in a honeycomb lattice. Their unique properties arise because their electrons behave like relativistic particles (without and with mass, respectively) - namely, they obey the Dirac equation. Here, we use a photonic analog of boron nitride to observe Dirac physics in a silicon integrated optical platform. This will allow for photonic applications of Dirac dispersions (gapped and ungapped) to be realized in an on-chip, integrated nanophotonic platform.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.063827
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.063827
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85006056472
VL - 94
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information
JF - Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information
SN - 2469-9926
IS - 6
M1 - 063827
ER -