• DocumentCode
    272478
  • Title

    Parity-time (PT)-symmetric optical microcavities

  • Author

    Bo Peng ; Özdemir, Şahin Kaya ; Shanhui Fan ; Nori, Franco ; Gianfreda, Mariagiovanna ; Bender, Carl M. ; Lan Yang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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 PT-symmetry phase.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; whispering gallery modes; broken PT- symmetry phase; directly-coupled on-chip whispering-gallery-mode microresonators; enhanced nonlineańty; nomeciprocity; parity-time symmetric optical microcavities; strong-field localization; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Optical resonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989033
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=272478