Geometric optics of Bloch waves in a chiral and dissipative medium
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 (United States)
Description
We present a geometric optics theory for the transport of quantum particles (or classical waves) in a chiral and dissipative periodic crystal subject to slowly varying perturbations in space and time. Taking account of some properties of particles and media neglected in previous theory, we find important additional terms in the equations of motion of particles. The (energy) current density field, which traces the geometric optics rays, is not only governed by the Bloch band energy dispersion but also involves there additional fields. These are the angular momentum of the particle, the dissipation dipole density, and various geometric gauge fields in the extended phase space spanned by space time and its reciprocal, momentum, and frequency. For simplicity, the theory is presented using light propagation in photonic crystals.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.053803;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0904.1985v4;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 053803-053803.5
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42002053
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CHIRALITY; CRYSTALS; CURRENT DENSITY; DIPOLES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEOMETRY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICS; PERIODICITY; PERTURBATION THEORY; PHASE SPACE
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; MULTIPOLES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SPACE; TRANSMISSION; VARIATIONS
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- Notes
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