Non-linear-enabled localization in driven-dissipative photonic lattices

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Hauptverfasser: Heras, A. Muñoz de las, Amo, A., González-Tudela, A.
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author Heras, A. Muñoz de las
Amo, A.
González-Tudela, A.
author_facet Heras, A. Muñoz de las
Amo, A.
González-Tudela, A.
contents Recent experimental work has demonstrated the ability to achieve reconfigurable photon localization in lossy photonic lattices by continuously driving them with lasers strategically positioned at specific locations. This localization results from the perfect, destructive interference of light emitted from different positions and, because of that, occurs only at very specific frequencies. Here, we examine this localization regime in the presence of standard optical Kerr non-linearities, such as those found in polaritonic lattices, and show that they stabilize driven-dissipative localization across frequency ranges significantly broader than those observed in the linear regime. Moreover, we demonstrate that, contrary to intuition, in most siutations this driven-dissipative localization does not enhance non-linear effects like optical bistabilities, due to a concurrent reduction in overall intensities. Nevertheless, we are able to identify certain parameter regions where non-linear enhancement is achieved, corresponding to situations where emission from different spots constructively interferes.
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spellingShingle Non-linear-enabled localization in driven-dissipative photonic lattices
Heras, A. Muñoz de las
Amo, A.
González-Tudela, A.
Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Recent experimental work has demonstrated the ability to achieve reconfigurable photon localization in lossy photonic lattices by continuously driving them with lasers strategically positioned at specific locations. This localization results from the perfect, destructive interference of light emitted from different positions and, because of that, occurs only at very specific frequencies. Here, we examine this localization regime in the presence of standard optical Kerr non-linearities, such as those found in polaritonic lattices, and show that they stabilize driven-dissipative localization across frequency ranges significantly broader than those observed in the linear regime. Moreover, we demonstrate that, contrary to intuition, in most siutations this driven-dissipative localization does not enhance non-linear effects like optical bistabilities, due to a concurrent reduction in overall intensities. Nevertheless, we are able to identify certain parameter regions where non-linear enhancement is achieved, corresponding to situations where emission from different spots constructively interferes.
title Non-linear-enabled localization in driven-dissipative photonic lattices
topic Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.10788