Topological photonics

T Ozawa, HM Price, A Amo, N Goldman, M Hafezi… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019‏ - APS
Topological photonics is a rapidly emerging field of research in which geometrical and
topological ideas are exploited to design and control the behavior of light. Drawing …

Quantum simulations and many-body physics with light

C Noh, DG Angelakis - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
In this review we discuss the works in the area of quantum simulation and many-body
physics with light, from the early proposals on equilibrium models to the more recent works …

Angular-dependent Klein tunneling in photonic graphene

Z Zhang, Y Feng, F Li, S Koniakhin, C Li, F Liu… - Physical Review Letters, 2022‏ - APS
The Klein paradox consists in the perfect tunneling of relativistic particles through high
potential barriers. It is responsible for the exceptional conductive properties of graphene. It …

Quasi PT-symmetry in passive photonic lattices

M Ornigotti, A Szameit - arxiv preprint arxiv:1401.2299, 2014‏ - arxiv.org
The concept of quasi-PT symmetry in optical wave guiding system is elaborated by
comparing the evolution dynamics of a PT-symmetric directional coupler and a passive …

Integrated photonic quantum walks

M Gräfe, R Heilmann, M Lebugle… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Over the last 20 years quantum walks (QWs) have gained increasing interest in the field of
quantum information science and processing. In contrast to classical walkers, quantum …

Optical analogues for massless Dirac particles and conical diffraction in one dimension

JM Zeuner, NK Efremidis, R Keil, F Dreisow… - Physical review …, 2012‏ - APS
We demonstrate that light propagating in an appropriately designed lattice can exhibit
dynamics akin to that expected from massless relativistic particles as governed by the one …

Emergence of type-II Dirac points in graphynelike photonic lattices

GG Pyrialakos, NS Nye, NV Kantartzis… - Physical Review Letters, 2017‏ - APS
We theoretically demonstrate that a type-II class of tilted Dirac cones can emerge in
generalized two-dimensional anisotropic lattice arrangements. This is achieved by …

Optical analogue of relativistic Dirac solitons in binary waveguide arrays

TX Tran, S Longhi, F Biancalana - Annals of Physics, 2014‏ - Elsevier
We study analytically and numerically an optical analogue of Dirac solitons in binary
waveguide arrays in the presence of Kerr nonlinearity. Pseudo-relativistic soliton solutions of …

Optical analogs of pair production and annihilation in binary waveguide arrays with a curved section

TX Tran, HM Nguyen, DC Duong - Physical Review A, 2022‏ - APS
We study theoretically and numerically the optical analogs of the relativistic quantum
electron-positron dynamic pair production (PP) and annihilation processes in a single binary …

Klein tunneling through a rectangular potential barrier in a binary waveguide array

MC Tran, CC Do, TX Tran - Annals of Physics, 2023‏ - Elsevier
We analytically and numerically investigate the optical analog of the quantum relativistic
Klein tunneling of a particle through a large repulsive rectangular potential barrier. This …