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A broad-band reflectionless channel which supports unidirectional wave propagation originating from the interplay between gyrotropic elements and symmetrically placed gain and loss constituents is proposed. Interchange of the active…

Optics · Physics 2013-03-06 J. M. Lee , Z. Lin , H. Ramezani , F. M. Ellis , V. Kovanis , I. Vitebskiy , T. Kottos

Motivated by our recent findings in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 013902, 2022], which introduces a new class of electromagnetic bulk materials whose response is similar to conventional semiconductor transistors, here we propose a one-dimensional…

We theoretically demonstrate a non-hermitian metamaterial exhibiting broadband and wide-angle nonreciprocity. The metamaterial consists of planar metal-dielectric layers with a Parity-Time (PT) symmetric distrubtion of loss and gain. With…

Optics · Physics 2018-02-07 David Barton , Mark Lawrence , Hadiseh Alaeian , Jennifer Dionne

We report on the design and performance of an on-chip microwave circulator with a widely (GHz) tunable operation frequency. Non-reciprocity is created with a combination of frequency conversion and delay, and requires neither permanent…

Nonreciprocal thermal emitters that break Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation promise exciting applications for thermal and energy applications. The design of the bandwidth and angular range of the nonreciprocal effect, which directly…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-17 Bach Do , Sina Jafari Ghalekohneh , Taiwo Adebiyi , Bo Zhao , Ruda Zhang

A method for realizing asymmetric (one-way) transmission of discretized light in modulated, linear and purely passive optical lattices is suggested, which exploits the idea of unidirectional coherent perfect absorption. The system consists…

Optics · Physics 2016-03-07 Stefano Longhi

Nonreciprocity can be passively achieved by harnessing material nonlinearities. In particular, networks of nonlinear bistable elements with asymmetric energy landscapes have recently been shown to support unidirectional transition waves.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Gabriele Librandi , Eleonora Tubaldi , Katia Bertoldi

We show that spin-orbit coupling at the interface between a superconducting film of the finite lateral size and the underlying ferromagnetic insulator with in-plane exchange field gives rise to a series of non-reciprocal effects provided…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-12-21 A. V. Putilov , S. V. Mironov , A. I. Buzdin

Nonreciprocal photonic devices enable "one-way" light flows and are essential building blocks of optical systems. Here, we investigate an alternative paradigm to break reciprocity and achieve unidirectional subwavelength light propagation…

Optics · Physics 2018-10-26 Tiago A. Morgado , Mário G. Silveirinha

A novel concept for the design of nonlinear optical diodes is proposed which uses the multistability of coupled nonlinear microcavities and the dependence of switching thresholds on the direction of incidence. A typical example of such…

Optics · Physics 2011-05-31 Victor Grigoriev , Fabio Biancalana

We study the reflection and transmission properties of a system comprising two whispering-gallery mode resonators, each containing a Zeeman-split quantum dot and side-coupled to an optical fiber. Our results demonstrate that unidirectional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-21 Gang Li , Ying-Qiao Zhang , Xing-Ri Jin

In the present paper, a multi-frequency optical non-reciprocal transmission is first realized by using a non-Hermitian multi-mode resonator array.We find that the non-reciprocity can be used to route optical signals, to prevent the reverse…

Optics · Physics 2024-09-04 Jin-Xiang Xue , Chuan-Xun Du , Chengchao Liu , Liu Yang , Yong-Long Wang

We analyze the properties of a nonlinear metamaterial formed by integrating nonlinear components or materials into the capacitive regions of metamaterial elements. A straightforward homogenization procedure leads to general expressions for…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-18 Ekaterina Poutrina , Da Huang , David R. Smith

Power transmission in one-dimensional nonlinear magnetic metamaterials driven at one end is investigated numerically and analytically in a wide frequency range. The nonlinear magnetic metamaterials are composed of varactor-loaded split-ring…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Nikos Lazarides , Vassilis Paltoglou , G. P. Tsironis

The scattering formulation of characteristic mode decomposition is utilized to extend modal analysis to lossless scatterers breaking time-reversal symmetry. This enables characteristic modes analysis on devices containing gyrotropic or…

Similarly to their purely electric counterparts, spintronic circuits may be presented as networks of lumped elements. Due to interplay between spin and charge currents, each element is described by a matrix conductance. We establish…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-04 Ya. B. Bazaliy , R. R. Ramazashvili

In this letter, we propose a magnet-less non-reciprocal isolating system based on time-varying metasurfaces. Two parallel time-varying metasurfaces, one for frequency up-conversion and one for down-conversion by the same amount, are used…

In the recent article by Feng et al. [Science 333, 729-733 (2011)] a system is proposed with a periodic spatial modulation of refractive index and absorption. It is claimed that this system is nonreciprocal and can be used as an optical…

Breaking the symmetry between forward and backward propagating optical modes is of fundamental scientific interest and enables crucial functionalities, such as isolators, circulators, and duplex communication systems. Whereas there has been…

Unidirectional nonreciprocal transport is at the heart of many fundamental problems and applications in both science and technology. Here we study the novel design of wave diode devices by engineering asymmetric shapes of nonlinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-10 Nianbei Li , Jie Ren