TY - JOUR
T1 - GaAs valley photonic crystal waveguide with light-emitting InAs quantum dots
AU - Yamaguchi, Takuto
AU - Ota, Yasutomo
AU - Katsumi, Ryota
AU - Watanabe, Katsuyuki
AU - Ishida, Satomi
AU - Osada, Alto
AU - Arakawa, Yasuhiko
AU - Iwamoto, Satoshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Japan Society of Applied Physics.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - We report a valley photonic crystal (VPhC) waveguide in a GaAs slab with InAs quantum dots (QDs) as an internal light source exploited for the experimental characterization of the waveguide. A topological interface state formed at the interface between two topologically-distinct VPhCs is used as the waveguide mode. We demonstrate robust propagation for the near-infrared light emitted from the QDs, even with the presence of sharp bends, due to the topological protection of the guided mode. Our work will be of importance for developing robust photonic integrated circuits with small footprints, as well as for exploring active semiconductor topological photonics.
AB - We report a valley photonic crystal (VPhC) waveguide in a GaAs slab with InAs quantum dots (QDs) as an internal light source exploited for the experimental characterization of the waveguide. A topological interface state formed at the interface between two topologically-distinct VPhCs is used as the waveguide mode. We demonstrate robust propagation for the near-infrared light emitted from the QDs, even with the presence of sharp bends, due to the topological protection of the guided mode. Our work will be of importance for developing robust photonic integrated circuits with small footprints, as well as for exploring active semiconductor topological photonics.
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U2 - 10.7567/1882-0786/ab1cc5
DO - 10.7567/1882-0786/ab1cc5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85069443881
SN - 1882-0778
VL - 12
JO - Applied Physics Express
JF - Applied Physics Express
IS - 6
M1 - 062005
ER -