Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 7, 0713001(2021)

Optimal Design of Topological Boundary States with Large Bandwidth and Intense Localization

Erpan Fan1 and Yuntuan Fang1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Computer Science and Telecommunication Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang , Jiangsu 212013, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing & Signal Processing, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei , Anhui 230039, China
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    Structure of the lattice. (a) Triangular compound lattice; (b) first Brillouin zone of the lattice and three high symmetry points
    Energy band and orbit of the initial structure. (a) r = 0.06a, D = 0.12a; (b) r = 0.06a, D = 0.44a
    Change curves of the energy band frequency with zooming distance D at different r. (a) r = 0.06a; (b) r = 0.057a; (c) r = 0.02a
    Curves of the frequency of the 3rd and 4th energy levels of the three high symmetry points with the dielectric cylinder radius. (a) Trivial state; (b) non-trivial state
    Width of the common band gap versus the radiuses of two structures
    Energy band after optimized structure parameters. (a) Trivial state; (b) non-trivial state
    Boundary state after optimization. (a) Supercell energy band diagram; (b) mode field at points A, B, C, and D in the boundary state mode and energy flux density vector at the boundary
    Transmission of the spin-locked boundary states. (a) Clockwise spin; (b) anticlockwise spin
    Bending transmission of the spin-locked boundary states. (a) Clockwise spin; (b) anticlockwise spin
    • Table 1. Relative band gap width corresponding to the optimized radius of the two structures

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      Table 1. Relative band gap width corresponding to the optimized radius of the two structures

      r2/ar1/a
      0.0690.0700.0710.072
      0.080023.0522.4221.7821.23
      0.081024.5723.1824.0321.97
      0.082024.5724.7523.3122.76
      0.082924.5924.6824.0623.48
    • Table 2. Bandwidth of different topological boundary states

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      Table 2. Bandwidth of different topological boundary states

      ReferenceBandwidth
      Ours0.0435
      Ref. [20]0.02
      Ref. [21]0.011
      Ref. [22]0.015
      Ref. [23]0.03
    • Table 3. Locality of different topological boundary states

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      Table 3. Locality of different topological boundary states

      ReferenceLocality
      Ours2a
      Ref. [24]6.7a
      Ref. [25]4a
      Ref. [26]7a
      Ref. [27]12.1a
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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Jul. 6, 2020

    Accepted: Aug. 25, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 25, 2021

    The Author Email: Fang Yuntuan (fang_yt1965@sina.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.0713001

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