Creating effective magnetic field for photons : principles and applications
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In this dissertation, I present the results of study of creating effective magnetic field for photons. I will show two routes to achieve such a goal: dynamic modulations and magneto-optic effects. The essence of the dynamic modulation scheme is that the phase of dynamic modulations can be related to an effective gauge potential for photons. Such an identity is exclusively demonstrated through a photonic Aharonov-Bohm effect. Based on this observation, when a two-dimensional photonic resonator lattice undergoes dynamic modulation, photons propagating in this lattice experience an effective magnetic field. The consequence of the achievement of effective magnetic field for photons is two-fold. On one hand, one can generate photonic phenomena that are reminiscent to the electronic correspondence, which is intellectually fascinating. In particular, I will show a photonic de Hass-van Alphen effect, and a photonic quantum Hall effect with one-way edge modes. On the other hand, effective magnetic field and effective gauge potential bring in new ingredients to the control of light propagation, which is of practical importance. I will numerically show concrete examples of such flexible, non-reciprocal light propagation effects using effective magnetic field, including negative refraction, one-way mirror, as well as on- and off-axis focusing in a same resonator lattice under dynamic modulation.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Fang, Kejie |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics. |
| Primary advisor | Fan, Shanhui, 1972- |
| Primary advisor | Zhang, Shoucheng |
| Thesis advisor | Fan, Shanhui, 1972- |
| Thesis advisor | Zhang, Shoucheng |
| Thesis advisor | Kivelson, Steven |
| Thesis advisor | Miller, D. A. B |
| Advisor | Kivelson, Steven |
| Advisor | Miller, D. A. B |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Kejie Fang. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2013. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2013 by Kejie Fang
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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