Realizing effective magnetic field for photons by controlling the phase of dynamic modulation

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 782-787

  Fang, Kejie ^a   Yu, Zongfu ^b   Fan, Shanhui ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING CONSTANTS; DYNAMIC MODULATION; EDGE STATE; NEW MECHANISMS; RECENT RESEARCHES;

LATTICE CONSTANTS; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METAMATERIALS; MODULATION; RESONATORS; PHOTONS;

PHOTONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 84868516746     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.236     Document Type: Article

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