Defect States Emerging from a Non-Hermitian Flatband of Photonic Zero Modes

We show the existence of a flatband consisting of photonic zero modes in a gain and loss modulated lattice system as a result of the underlying non-Hermitian particle-hole symmetry. This general finding explains the previous observation in parity-time symmetric systems where non-Hermitian particle-h...

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Vydáno v:Physical review letters Ročník 120; číslo 9; s. 093901
Hlavní autoři: Qi, Bingkun, Zhang, Lingxuan, Ge, Li
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States American Physical Society 02.03.2018
Témata:
Defects
Lattice vibration
Photonics
Symmetry
Unit cell
ISSN:0031-9007, 1079-7114, 1079-7114
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Shrnutí:We show the existence of a flatband consisting of photonic zero modes in a gain and loss modulated lattice system as a result of the underlying non-Hermitian particle-hole symmetry. This general finding explains the previous observation in parity-time symmetric systems where non-Hermitian particle-hole symmetry is hidden. We further discuss the defect states in these systems, whose emergence can be viewed as an unconventional alignment of a pseudospin under the influence of a complex-valued pseudomagnetic field. These defect states also behave as a chain with two types of links, one rigid in a unit cell and one soft between unit cells, as the defect states become increasingly localized with the gain and loss strength.
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ISSN:0031-9007
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1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.093901