Observation of Local Symmetry in a Photonic System
Nora Schmitt, Steffen Weimann, Christian V. Morfonios, Malte Röntgen, Matthias Heinrich, Peter Schmelcher, Alexander Szameit
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Nora Schmitt, Steffen Weimann, Christian V. Morfonios, Malte Röntgen, Matthias Heinrich, Peter Schmelcher, Alexander Szameit
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We demonstrate the effect of local symmetries on the dynamics of laser-written photonic waveguide arrays. A non-local continuity equation allows us to distinguish between the three cases of global symmetry, local symmetry and full disorder. © 2019 The Author(s)
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We demonstrate the effect of local symmetries on the dynamics of laser-written photonic waveguide arrays. A non-local continuity equation allows us to distinguish between the three cases of global symmetry, local symmetry and full disorder. © 2019 The Author(s)
Key concepts: Symmetry (geometry), Local symmetry, Photonics, Physics, Homogeneous space, Photonic crystal, Dynamics (music), Waveguide