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Main Author: Pratap, Dheeraj
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13117
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author Pratap, Dheeraj
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contents Optical nonreciprocity is the phenomenon where light behaves differently when traveling in the forward direction compared to the backward direction. This nonreciprocal behavior is typically achieved in systems that exhibit electromagnetic coupling, temporal variation, and nonlinear properties. In this work, we demonstrate that nonreciprocal behavior can also exist in an optically asymmetric lossy system without requiring these conditions. In our study, we theoretically investigate the nonreciprocal propagation of light waves in a passive asymmetric optical system made from a thin film that experiences some losses. Our theoretical analysis has been experimentally validated. This type of system can be utilized in passive nonreciprocal devices.
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spellingShingle On the nonreciprocal propagation of light waves in asymmetric lossy system of thin films
Pratap, Dheeraj
Optics
Optical nonreciprocity is the phenomenon where light behaves differently when traveling in the forward direction compared to the backward direction. This nonreciprocal behavior is typically achieved in systems that exhibit electromagnetic coupling, temporal variation, and nonlinear properties. In this work, we demonstrate that nonreciprocal behavior can also exist in an optically asymmetric lossy system without requiring these conditions. In our study, we theoretically investigate the nonreciprocal propagation of light waves in a passive asymmetric optical system made from a thin film that experiences some losses. Our theoretical analysis has been experimentally validated. This type of system can be utilized in passive nonreciprocal devices.
title On the nonreciprocal propagation of light waves in asymmetric lossy system of thin films
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13117