• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 4, 042601 (2021)
Ye Yu1, Yiwen Song1, Tao Chen1, Huaiqiang Wang2、*, Songlin Zhuang1, and Qingqing Cheng1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 2National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    Ye Yu, Yiwen Song, Tao Chen, Huaiqiang Wang, Songlin Zhuang, Qingqing Cheng. Floquet spectrum and optical behaviors in dynamic Su–Schrieffer–Heeger modeled waveguide array[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(4): 042601 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Floquet topological insulators (FTIs) have been used to study the topological features of a dynamic quantum system within the band structure. However, it is difficult to directly observe the dynamic modulation of band structures in FTIs. Here, we implement the dynamic Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model in periodically curved waveguides to explore new behaviors in FTIs using light field evolutions. Changing the driving frequency produces near-field evolutions of light in the high-frequency curved waveguide array that are equivalent to the behaviors in straight arrays. Furthermore, at modest driving frequencies, the field evolutions in the system show boundary propagation, which are related to topological edge modes. Finally, we believe curved waveguides enable profound possibilities for the further development of Floquet engineering in periodically driven systems, which ranges from condensed matter physics to photonics.
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    H^(z)=[βκ1(z)κ1(z)βκ2(z)κ2(z)κ2(z)κ2(z)βκ1(z)κ1(z)β]N×N,

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    izψ(z)=H(z)ψ(z),

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    HF[z0]H(0)+2isinωz0ω[H(1),H(0)],

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    H(z)=l=0Hl(l)eilωz.

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    Ye Yu, Yiwen Song, Tao Chen, Huaiqiang Wang, Songlin Zhuang, Qingqing Cheng. Floquet spectrum and optical behaviors in dynamic Su–Schrieffer–Heeger modeled waveguide array[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(4): 042601
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