In this paper, we design a one-dimensional （1D） parity-time-symmetric periodic ring optical waveguide network （PTSPROWN） and investigate its extraordinary optical characteristics. It is found that quite different ...In this paper, we design a one-dimensional （1D） parity-time-symmetric periodic ring optical waveguide network （PTSPROWN） and investigate its extraordinary optical characteristics. It is found that quite different from traditional vacuum/dielectric optical waveguide networks, 1D PTSPROWN cannot produce a photouic ordinary propagation mode, but can generate simultaneously two kinds of photonic nonpropagation modes： attenuation propagation mode and gain propagation mode. It creates neither passband nor stopband and possesses no photonic band structure. This makes 1D PTSPROWN possess richer spontaneous PT-symmetric breaking points and causes interesting extremum spontaneous PT-symmetric breaking points to appear, where electromagnetic waves can create ultrastrong extraordinary transmission, reflection, and localization, and the maximum can arrive at 6.6556 × 10^12 and is more than 7 orders of magnitude larger than the results reported previously. 1D PTSPROWN may possess potential in designing high-efficiency optical energy saver devices, optical amplifiers, optical switches with ultrahigh monochromaticity, and so on.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(11674107,11775083,61475049,61771205,61774062)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2015A030313374)Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of South China Normal University(2015lkxm27,2017lkxm091)
文摘In this paper, we design a one-dimensional （1D） parity-time-symmetric periodic ring optical waveguide network （PTSPROWN） and investigate its extraordinary optical characteristics. It is found that quite different from traditional vacuum/dielectric optical waveguide networks, 1D PTSPROWN cannot produce a photouic ordinary propagation mode, but can generate simultaneously two kinds of photonic nonpropagation modes： attenuation propagation mode and gain propagation mode. It creates neither passband nor stopband and possesses no photonic band structure. This makes 1D PTSPROWN possess richer spontaneous PT-symmetric breaking points and causes interesting extremum spontaneous PT-symmetric breaking points to appear, where electromagnetic waves can create ultrastrong extraordinary transmission, reflection, and localization, and the maximum can arrive at 6.6556 × 10^12 and is more than 7 orders of magnitude larger than the results reported previously. 1D PTSPROWN may possess potential in designing high-efficiency optical energy saver devices, optical amplifiers, optical switches with ultrahigh monochromaticity, and so on.
