• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 3, 747 (2022)
Yin Huang1、5、*, Yuecheng Shen2、6、*, and Georgios Veronis3、4
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Optoelectrics Information Science and Engineering, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410012, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • 3School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
  • 4Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
  • 5e-mail: yhuan15@csu.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: shenyuecheng@mail.sysu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.443928 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yin Huang, Yuecheng Shen, Georgios Veronis. Topological edge states at singular points in non-Hermitian plasmonic systems[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(3): 747 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We introduce non-Hermitian plasmonic waveguide-cavity systems with topological edge states (TESs) at singular points. The compound unit cells of the structures consist of metal-dielectric-metal (MDM) stub resonators side-coupled to an MDM waveguide. We show that we can realize both a TES and an exceptional point at the same frequency when a proper amount of loss is introduced into a finite three-unit-cell structure. We also show that the finite structure can exhibit both a TES and a spectral singularity when a proper amount of gain is introduced into the structure. In addition, we show that we can simultaneously realize a unidirectional spectral singularity and a TES when proper amounts of loss and gain are introduced into the structure. We finally show that this singularity leads to extremely high sensitivity of the reflected light intensity to variations of the refractive index of the active materials in the structure. TESs at singular points could potentially contribute to the development of singularity-based plasmonic devices with enhanced performance.
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    Yin Huang, Yuecheng Shen, Georgios Veronis. Topological edge states at singular points in non-Hermitian plasmonic systems[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(3): 747
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