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  • Title: Spin-orbit coupling and the optical spin Hall effect in photonic graphene.
    Author: Nalitov AV, Malpuech G, Terças H, Solnyshkov DD.
    Journal: Phys Rev Lett; 2015 Jan 16; 114(2):026803. PubMed ID: 25635557.
    Abstract:
    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.
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