Achieving Nonreciprocal Transmission by Breaking Symmetry of Nonlinear Fano Cavity Structure in Photonic Crystals

Hu Jinfeng; Liu Bin; Liang Hongqin; Liu Juan

doi:10.3788/aos201737.0323002

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