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 int...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.展开更多
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFA0308700,2017YFA0303703)National Natural Science Foundation of China (11574145,11690031,11874212,11890704,61671279)+1 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (021314380095)Program for Innovative Talents and Entrepreneurs in Jiangsu。
文摘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.
