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Hier finden Sie wissenschaftliche Publikationen aus den Fraunhofer-Instituten. Observation of a Charge-2 Photonic Weyl Point in the Infrared
| Physical review letters 125 (2020), Nr.25, Art. 253902 ISSN: 0031-9007 ISSN: 1079-7114 |
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| Englisch |
| Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| Fraunhofer ITWM () |
Abstract
Weyl points are robust point degeneracies in the band structure of a periodic material, which act as monopoles of Berry curvature. They have been at the forefront of research in three-dimensional topological materials as they are associated with novel behavior both in the bulk and on the surface. Here, we present the experimental observation of a charge-2 photonic Weyl point in a low-index-contrast photonic crystal fabricated by two-photon polymerization. The reflection spectrum obtained via Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy closely matches simulations and shows two bands with quadratic dispersion around a point degeneracy.