Unidirectional reflection from an integrated “taiji” microresonator

A. Calabrese; F. Ramiro-Manzano; H. M. Price; S. Biasi; M. Bernard; M. Ghulinyan; I. Carusotto; L. Pavesi

doi:10.1364/PRJ.393070

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