Theory of quantum spin-Hall topological lasers

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Autori principali: Heras, Alberto Muñoz de las, Carusotto, Iacopo
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author Heras, Alberto Muñoz de las
Carusotto, Iacopo
author_facet Heras, Alberto Muñoz de las
Carusotto, Iacopo
contents We theoretically investigate a quantum spin-Hall topological laser formed by an array of dielectric ring resonators endowed of saturable gain. The system preserves time-reversal symmetry, the clockwise and counter-clockwise modes in each ring resonator acting as two pseudospin states that experience opposite synthetic magnetic fields. We consider ring resonators featuring an internal S-shaped waveguide asymmetrically coupling the two pseudospin states. In spite of the non-magnetic nature of the configuration, we show that an effective breaking of reciprocity is induced by the interplay of spatial parity breaking with saturable gain and a Kerr optical non-linearity. This enables robust single-mode topological lasing even in the presence of realistic levels of backscattering.
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spellingShingle Theory of quantum spin-Hall topological lasers
Heras, Alberto Muñoz de las
Carusotto, Iacopo
Optics
We theoretically investigate a quantum spin-Hall topological laser formed by an array of dielectric ring resonators endowed of saturable gain. The system preserves time-reversal symmetry, the clockwise and counter-clockwise modes in each ring resonator acting as two pseudospin states that experience opposite synthetic magnetic fields. We consider ring resonators featuring an internal S-shaped waveguide asymmetrically coupling the two pseudospin states. In spite of the non-magnetic nature of the configuration, we show that an effective breaking of reciprocity is induced by the interplay of spatial parity breaking with saturable gain and a Kerr optical non-linearity. This enables robust single-mode topological lasing even in the presence of realistic levels of backscattering.
title Theory of quantum spin-Hall topological lasers
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20920