Lan, Z;
You, JW;
Panoiu, NC;
(2020)
Nonlinear one-way edge-mode interactions for frequency mixing in topological photonic crystals.
Physical Review B
, 101
(15)
, Article 155422. 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.155422.
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Abstract
Topological photonics aims to utilize topological photonic bands and corresponding edge modes to implement robust light manipulation, which can be readily achieved in the linear regime of light-matter interaction. Importantly, unlike solid-state physics, the common test bed for new ideas in topological physics, topological photonics provides an ideal platform to study wave mixing and other nonlinear interactions. These are well-known topics in classical nonlinear optics but largely unexplored in the context of topological photonics. Here, we investigate nonlinear interactions of one-way edge modes in frequency mixing processes in topological photonic crystals. We present a detailed analysis of the band topology of two-dimensional photonic crystals with hexagonal symmetry and demonstrate that nonlinear optical processes, such as second- and third-harmonic generation, can be conveniently implemented via one-way edge modes in this setup. Moreover, we demonstrate that more exotic phenomena, such as slow-light enhancement of nonlinear interactions and harmonic generation upon interaction of backward-propagating (left-handed) edge modes, can also be realized. Our work opens up new avenues towards topology-protected frequency mixing processes in photonics.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Nonlinear one-way edge-mode interactions for frequency mixing in topological photonic crystals |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.155422 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.155422 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10096504 |



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