• DocumentCode
    733326
  • Title

    Experimental demonstration of non-reciprocal transmission in a nonlinear photonic-crystal Fano structure

  • Author

    Yi Yu ; Yaohui Chen ; Hao Hu ; Weiqi Xue ; Yvind, Kresten ; Mork, Jesper

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We suggest and experimentally demonstrate a photonic-crystal structure with more than 30 dB difference between forward and backward transmission levels. The non-reciprocity relies on the combination of ultrafast carrier nonlinearities and spatial symmetry breaking in a Fano structure employing a single nanocavity.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; photoemission; photonic crystals; backward transmission levels; forward transmission levels; nonlinear photonic-crystal Fano structure; nonreciprocal transmission; single nanocavity; spatial symmetry breaking; ultrafast carrier nonlinearities; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183763