Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 10, 2793(2025)
Dual-channel Dirac-vortex topological cavity in hexagon photonic crystal
Fig. 1. (a) Original supercell structure without dimensional change. (b) Supercell structure modulated according to the original cell size; the size change is
Fig. 2. (a) Schematic diagram of the structure arrangement, phase distribution, and supercell of the dual-band Dirac-vortex cavity. The dashed line represents the cavity radius, the background color represents the topological phase, and the white hexagon shows the structural arrangement. (b) Normalized frequency near low-frequency
Fig. 3. Scale relationship between effective mode diameter and cavity diameter, FSR, far-field divergence angle; mode spectrum and mode distribution of Dirac cavity topological mode. (a) and (b) are low frequency, and (c) and (d) are high frequency.
Fig. 4. Near and far fields and mode frequency of the low-frequency Dirac cavity topology mode at (a)
Fig. 5. Near- and far-field distribution and mode frequency at (a)
Fig. 6. Frequency distribution of high winding number Dirac cavity mode.
Fig. 7. (a) Dual-wavelength emission Dirac cavity 3D model lattice structure band. (b) 3D model mode field spectrum and Q factor. (c) High-frequency mode far-field intensity and linear polarization component intensity. (d) Low-frequency mode far-field intensity and linear polarization component intensity.
Fig. 8. Lattice band and arrangement diagram. (a) Hexagon structure used in the text. (b) Kagomé structure. (c) Circular structure.
Fig. 9. Kagomé structure lattice diagram. Orange represents the dielectric material, white represents the cavity, the dotted line represents the unit cell, and the solid hexagon represents the supercell structure. (a) Before modulation. (b) After modulation. (c) Band structure after modulation; the
Fig. 10. (a) Dirac cavity arrangement diagram. (b) shows the normalized frequencies of low frequency and high frequency topological cavity modes, the near-field distributions of electric field modes, and the far-field topographies in the Kagomé structure. The black arrow in the near field is the polarization direction of the near-field magnetic field, and the green arrow in the far field is the polarization direction of the far-field electric field.
Fig. 11. Near-field electric field distribution and far-field spot morphology of all cavity modes in Dirac-vortex cavity near (a) low- and (b) high-frequency Dirac points. This includes bimodal postures not given in the text.
Fig. 12. Influence of the overall size and phase continuity of the cavity on the emission of the optical field.
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Siqi Chang, Xiaomei Gao, Zhiyang Xu, Xiaoyu Shi, Tianrui Zhai, "Dual-channel Dirac-vortex topological cavity in hexagon photonic crystal," Photonics Res. 13, 2793 (2025)
Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals
Received: Apr. 23, 2025
Accepted: Jun. 14, 2025
Published Online: Sep. 10, 2025
The Author Email: Xiaomei Gao (xmgao@bjut.edu.cn), Tianrui Zhai (trzhai@bjut.edu.cn)
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