Integrated photonic nonreciprocal devices based on susceptibility-programmable medium
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| author | Zhang, Yan-Lei Li, Ming Xu, Xin-Biao Wang, Zhu-Bo Dong, Chun-Hua Guo, Guang-Can Zou, Chang-Ling Zou, Xu-Bo |
| author_facet | Zhang, Yan-Lei Li, Ming Xu, Xin-Biao Wang, Zhu-Bo Dong, Chun-Hua Guo, Guang-Can Zou, Chang-Ling Zou, Xu-Bo |
| contents | The switching and control of optical fields based on nonlinear optical effects are often limited to relatively weak nonlinear susceptibility and strong optical pump fields. Here, an optical medium with programmable susceptibility tensor based on polarizable atoms is proposed. Under a structured optical pump, the ground state population of atoms could be efficiently controlled by tuning the chirality and intensity of optical fields, and thus the optical response of the medium is programmable in both space and time. We demonstrate the potential of this approach by engineering the spatial distribution of the complex susceptibility tensor of the medium in photonic structures to realize nonreciprocal optical effects. Specifically, we investigate the advantages of chiral interaction between atoms and photons in an atom-cladded waveguide, theoretically showing that reconfigurable, strong, and fastly switchable isolation of optical signals in a selected optical mode is possible. The susceptibility-programmable medium provides a promising way to efficiently control the optical field, opening up a wide range of applications for integrated photonic devices and structured optics. |
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| publishDate | 2024 |
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| spellingShingle | Integrated photonic nonreciprocal devices based on susceptibility-programmable medium Zhang, Yan-Lei Li, Ming Xu, Xin-Biao Wang, Zhu-Bo Dong, Chun-Hua Guo, Guang-Can Zou, Chang-Ling Zou, Xu-Bo Optics The switching and control of optical fields based on nonlinear optical effects are often limited to relatively weak nonlinear susceptibility and strong optical pump fields. Here, an optical medium with programmable susceptibility tensor based on polarizable atoms is proposed. Under a structured optical pump, the ground state population of atoms could be efficiently controlled by tuning the chirality and intensity of optical fields, and thus the optical response of the medium is programmable in both space and time. We demonstrate the potential of this approach by engineering the spatial distribution of the complex susceptibility tensor of the medium in photonic structures to realize nonreciprocal optical effects. Specifically, we investigate the advantages of chiral interaction between atoms and photons in an atom-cladded waveguide, theoretically showing that reconfigurable, strong, and fastly switchable isolation of optical signals in a selected optical mode is possible. The susceptibility-programmable medium provides a promising way to efficiently control the optical field, opening up a wide range of applications for integrated photonic devices and structured optics. |
| title | Integrated photonic nonreciprocal devices based on susceptibility-programmable medium |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01106 |