• 文献标题:   Spin-Orbit Coupling and the Optical Spin Hall Effect in Photonic Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NALITOV AV, MALPUECH G, TERCAS H, SOLNYSHKOV DD
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Blaise Pascal
  • 被引频次:   48
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.026803
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We study the spin-orbit coupling induced by the splitting between TE and TM optical modes in a photonic honeycomb lattice. Using a tight-binding approach, we calculate analytically the band structure. Close to the Dirac point, we derive an effective Hamiltonian. We find that the local reduced symmetry (D-3h) transforms the TE-TM effective magnetic field into an emergent field with a Dresselhaus symmetry. As a result, particles become massive, but no gap opens. The emergent field symmetry is revealed by the optical spin Hall effect.