Parity-time (PT)-symmetric optical microcavities

Bo Peng; Sahin Ozdemir; Shanhui Fan; Franco Nori; Mariagiovanna Gianfreda; Carl M. Bender; Lan Yang

Parity-time (PT)-symmetric optical microcavities

Bo Peng, Sahin Ozdemir, Shanhui Fan, Franco Nori, Mariagiovanna Gianfreda, Carl M. Bender, Lan Yang

Engineering Science and Mechanics

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Abstract

We report the first demonstration of PT-symmetry and its breaking in a system of two directly-coupled on-chip whispering-gallery-mode microresonators[1]. We observed strong nonreciprocity due to strong-field localization and enhanced nonlinearity in the broken PTsymmetry phase.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CLEO
Subtitle of host publication	Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2014
Publisher	Optical Society of American (OSA)
ISBN (Print)	9781557529992
State	Published - Jan 1 2014
Event	CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2014 - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Jun 8 2014 → Jun 13 2014

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

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Other	CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose, CA
Period	6/8/14 → 6/13/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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