Directional transport and nonlinear localization of light in a one-dimensional driven-dissipative photonic lattice
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| author | Blessan, Tony Mathew Real, Bastián Druelle, Camille Fournier, Clarisse Heras, Alberto Muñoz de las González-Tudela, Alejandro Sagnes, Isabelle Harouri, Abdelmounaim Gratiet, Luc Le Lemaître, Aristide Ravets, Sylvain Bloch, Jacqueline Hainaut, Clément Amo, Alberto |
| author_facet | Blessan, Tony Mathew Real, Bastián Druelle, Camille Fournier, Clarisse Heras, Alberto Muñoz de las González-Tudela, Alejandro Sagnes, Isabelle Harouri, Abdelmounaim Gratiet, Luc Le Lemaître, Aristide Ravets, Sylvain Bloch, Jacqueline Hainaut, Clément Amo, Alberto |
| contents | Photonic lattices facilitate band structure engineering, supporting both localized and extended modes through their geometric design. However, greater control over these modes can be achieved by taking advantage of the interference effect between external drives with precisely tuned phases and photonic modes within the lattice. In this work, we build on this principle to demonstrate optical switching, directed light propagation and site-specific localization in a one-dimensional photonic lattice of coupled microresonators by resonantly driving the system with a coherent field of controlled phase. Importantly, our experimental results provide direct evidence that increased driving power acts as a tuning parameter enabling nonlinear localization at frequencies previously inaccessible in the linear regime. These findings open new avenues for controlling light propagation and localization in lattices with more elaborate band structures. |
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| spellingShingle | Directional transport and nonlinear localization of light in a one-dimensional driven-dissipative photonic lattice Blessan, Tony Mathew Real, Bastián Druelle, Camille Fournier, Clarisse Heras, Alberto Muñoz de las González-Tudela, Alejandro Sagnes, Isabelle Harouri, Abdelmounaim Gratiet, Luc Le Lemaître, Aristide Ravets, Sylvain Bloch, Jacqueline Hainaut, Clément Amo, Alberto Optics Photonic lattices facilitate band structure engineering, supporting both localized and extended modes through their geometric design. However, greater control over these modes can be achieved by taking advantage of the interference effect between external drives with precisely tuned phases and photonic modes within the lattice. In this work, we build on this principle to demonstrate optical switching, directed light propagation and site-specific localization in a one-dimensional photonic lattice of coupled microresonators by resonantly driving the system with a coherent field of controlled phase. Importantly, our experimental results provide direct evidence that increased driving power acts as a tuning parameter enabling nonlinear localization at frequencies previously inaccessible in the linear regime. These findings open new avenues for controlling light propagation and localization in lattices with more elaborate band structures. |
| title | Directional transport and nonlinear localization of light in a one-dimensional driven-dissipative photonic lattice |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11114 |