• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 9, Issue 7, 1218 (2021)
Lei Tang1, Jiangshan Tang1, Haodong Wu1, Jing Zhang2、3, Min Xiao1、4, and Keyu Xia1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Beijing 100084, China
  • 4Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.413286 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Lei Tang, Jiangshan Tang, Haodong Wu, Jing Zhang, Min Xiao, Keyu Xia. Broad-intensity-range optical nonreciprocity based on feedback-induced Kerr nonlinearity[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(7): 1218 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Nonreciprocal light propagation plays an important role in modern optical systems, from photonic networks to integrated photonics. We propose a nonreciprocal system based on a resonance-frequency-tunable cavity and intensity-adaptive feedback control. Because the feedback-induced Kerr nonlinearity in the cavity is dependent on the incident direction of light, the system exhibits nonreciprocal transmission with a transmission contrast of 0.99 and an insertion loss of 1.5 dB. By utilizing intensity-adaptive feedback control, the operating intensity range of the nonreciprocal system is broadened to 20 dB, which relaxes the limitation of the operating intensity range for nonlinear nonreciprocal systems. Our protocol paves the way to realize high-performance nonreciprocal propagation in optical systems and can also be extended to microwave systems.
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    Lei Tang, Jiangshan Tang, Haodong Wu, Jing Zhang, Min Xiao, Keyu Xia. Broad-intensity-range optical nonreciprocity based on feedback-induced Kerr nonlinearity[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(7): 1218
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