Anti-chiral edge states based on photonic Floquet lattices

Abstract: Photonic Floquet lattices provide an excellent platform for manipulating different topologically protect-ed edge states. However, anti-chiral edge states have not been discussed much in Floquet lattices. Here, we propose a waveguide structure by combining two honeycomb Floquet photonic lattices with oppo-site rotation directions. In this structure, we find that the anti-chiral edge states have the same trans-mission direction on two parallel body edges. With an increasing modulation phase difference between the two sublattices in one direction, the width of the band gap becomes smaller and the robustness of the edge states becomes weaker. Interestingly, the transmission speed is also controlled by the phase difference. In addition to their relevance for the topological properties of the Floquet lattice system, these results may be applied to multi-channel optical switches, optical functional devices, and in other fields.