Broadband localization of light at the termination of a topological photonic waveguide
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| author | Muis, Daniel Li, Yandong Barczyk, René Arora, Sonakshi Kuipers, L. Shvets, Gennady Verhagen, Ewold |
| author_facet | Muis, Daniel Li, Yandong Barczyk, René Arora, Sonakshi Kuipers, L. Shvets, Gennady Verhagen, Ewold |
| contents | Localized optical field enhancement enables strong light-matter interactions necessary for efficient manipulation and sensing of light. Specifically, tunable broadband energy localization in nanoscale hotspots offers a wide range of applications in nanophotonics and quantum optics. We experimentally demonstrate a novel principle for the local enhancement of electromagnetic fields, based on strong suppression of backscattering. This is achieved at a designed termination of a topologically non-trivial waveguide that nearly preserves the valley degree of freedom. The symmetry origin of the valley degree of freedom prevents edge states to undergo intervalley scattering at waveguide discontinuities that obey the symmetry of the crystal. Using near-field microscopy, we reveal that this can lead to strong confinement of light at the termination of a topological photonic waveguide, even without breaking time-reversal symmetry. We emphasize the importance of symmetry conservation by comparing different waveguide termination geometries, confirming that the origin of suppressed backscattering lies with the near-conservation of the valley degree of freedom, and show the broad bandwidth of the effect. |
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| spellingShingle | Broadband localization of light at the termination of a topological photonic waveguide Muis, Daniel Li, Yandong Barczyk, René Arora, Sonakshi Kuipers, L. Shvets, Gennady Verhagen, Ewold Optics Localized optical field enhancement enables strong light-matter interactions necessary for efficient manipulation and sensing of light. Specifically, tunable broadband energy localization in nanoscale hotspots offers a wide range of applications in nanophotonics and quantum optics. We experimentally demonstrate a novel principle for the local enhancement of electromagnetic fields, based on strong suppression of backscattering. This is achieved at a designed termination of a topologically non-trivial waveguide that nearly preserves the valley degree of freedom. The symmetry origin of the valley degree of freedom prevents edge states to undergo intervalley scattering at waveguide discontinuities that obey the symmetry of the crystal. Using near-field microscopy, we reveal that this can lead to strong confinement of light at the termination of a topological photonic waveguide, even without breaking time-reversal symmetry. We emphasize the importance of symmetry conservation by comparing different waveguide termination geometries, confirming that the origin of suppressed backscattering lies with the near-conservation of the valley degree of freedom, and show the broad bandwidth of the effect. |
| title | Broadband localization of light at the termination of a topological photonic waveguide |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06773 |