Nonreciprocal switching thresholds in coupled nonlinear microcavities

Grigoriev, Victor; Biancalana, Fabio

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Nonreciprocal switching thresholds in coupled nonlinear microcavities

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Biancalana, Fabio
Biancalana Research Group, Research Groups, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Max Planck Society;

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Grigoriev, V., & Biancalana, F. (2011). Nonreciprocal switching thresholds in coupled nonlinear microcavities. OPTICS LETTERS, 36(11), 2131-2133.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002D-69D9-6

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A concept for the design of nonlinear optical diodes is proposed that uses the multistability of coupled nonlinear microcavities and the dependence of switching thresholds on the direction of incidence. A typical example of such a diode can be created by combining two mirror-symmetric microcavities where modes of the opposite parity dominate. It is shown that a strong nonreciprocal behavior can be achieved together with a negligible insertion loss. To describe the dynamical properties of such systems, a model based on the coupled-mode theory is developed, and a possible implementation in the form of multilayered structures is considered. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America