Abstract
The recent realization of valley physics in photonic systems has enriched the topological phases of light with protected edge modes and shown applications in designing high-performance photonic devices. However, the widely reported valley Hall effect of light in two-dimensional systems is limited to one single polarization. Here, we present dual-polarization two-dimensional valley photonic crystals by simultaneously opening two frequency accidental degenerate Dirac cones. Two band gaps with different polarizations are characterized by opposite-valley Chern numbers, which are confirmed by the opposite-phase vortex distributions of bulk modes and opposite Berry curvatures. This situation results in the polarization-dependent refraction of bulk and edge modes, which locate in opposite valleys. The polarization-independent topological valley transport is also demonstrated. Our work shows the flexible control of light in topological photonic systems with a polarization degree of freedom and has applications in polarization multiplexing photonic devices.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12074443, 62035016, and 11904421), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 2019B151502036), Guangzhou Science, Technology and Innovation Commission (Grant Nos. 201904010223, 202002030322, and 202102020693), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. 20lgzd29, 20lgjc05, and 2021qntd27).
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He, XT., Liu, JW., Shi, FL. et al. Dual-polarization two-dimensional valley photonic crystals. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 65, 284212 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-022-1916-7
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