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arxiv: cond-mat/0503588 · v2 · submitted 2005-03-23 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall

Possible Realization of Directional Optical Waveguides in Photonic Crystals with Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry

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We show how in principle to construct analogs of quantum Hall edge states in "photonic crystals" made with non-reciprocal (Faraday-effect) media. These form "one-way waveguides" that allow electromagnetic energy to flow in one direction only.

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