Particle-hole instabilities in photonic time-varying systems
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| author | Serra, João C. Galiffi, Emanuele Huidobro, Paloma A. Pendry, John B. Silveirinha, Mário G. |
| author_facet | Serra, João C. Galiffi, Emanuele Huidobro, Paloma A. Pendry, John B. Silveirinha, Mário G. |
| contents | Photonic systems with time-varying modulations have attracted considerable attention as they allow for the design of non-reciprocal devices without the need for an external magnetic bias. Unlike time-invariant systems, such modulations couple modes with different frequencies. Here, we discuss how this coupling and particle-hole symmetry may lead to the resonant interaction of positive and negative frequency oscillators. To illustrate this idea, we analyze a dispersive spacetime crystal described by a Drude-Lorentz model with a travelingwave modulation. Our findings demonstrate that the interaction between positive and negative frequency bands can induce parametric instabilities under certain conditions, stemming from the interplay between dispersion and spacetime modulations. In particular, we find that material dispersion creates the conditions for the formation of instabilities for arbitrarily small modulations speeds in the absence of dissipative channels. |
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| spellingShingle | Particle-hole instabilities in photonic time-varying systems Serra, João C. Galiffi, Emanuele Huidobro, Paloma A. Pendry, John B. Silveirinha, Mário G. Optics Photonic systems with time-varying modulations have attracted considerable attention as they allow for the design of non-reciprocal devices without the need for an external magnetic bias. Unlike time-invariant systems, such modulations couple modes with different frequencies. Here, we discuss how this coupling and particle-hole symmetry may lead to the resonant interaction of positive and negative frequency oscillators. To illustrate this idea, we analyze a dispersive spacetime crystal described by a Drude-Lorentz model with a travelingwave modulation. Our findings demonstrate that the interaction between positive and negative frequency bands can induce parametric instabilities under certain conditions, stemming from the interplay between dispersion and spacetime modulations. In particular, we find that material dispersion creates the conditions for the formation of instabilities for arbitrarily small modulations speeds in the absence of dissipative channels. |
| title | Particle-hole instabilities in photonic time-varying systems |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08507 |