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The propagation path of topologically protected states is bound to the interface between regions with different topology, and as such, the functionality of linear photonic devices leveraging these states is fixed during fabrication. Here,…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-17 Stephan Wong , Simon Betzold , Sven Hofling , Alexander Cerjan

Reciprocity, the principle that a system response is identical in the forward path compared to the backward path, is a fundamental concept across physics, from electrical circuits and optics to acoustics and heat conduction. Nonreciprocity…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-01 Thomas J. Ugras , Daniel J. Gracias , Oriol Arteaga , Richard D. Robinson

Nonreciprocal devices - in which light is transmitted with different efficiencies along opposite directions - are key technologies for modern photonic applications, yet their compact and miniaturized implementation remains an open…

A highly efficient on-chip acousto-optic modulator, as a key component, occupies an exceptional position in microwave-to-optical conversion. Homogeneous thin-film lithium niobate is preferentially employed to build the suspended…

We demonstrate the possibility of designing efficient, non reciprocal few-photon devices by exploiting the chiral coupling between two waveguide modes and a single quantum emitter. We show how this system can induce non-reciprocal photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-14 C. Gonzalez-Ballestero , Esteban Moreno , F. J. Garcia-Vidal , A. Gonzalez-Tudela

A new technique of nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with amplitude modulated light is developed. The technique is an alternative to its counterpart with frequency modulated light and can be applied to sensitive measurements of magnetic…

Non-Hermitian physics can be used to break time reversal symmetry and is important for interactions in a wide range of systems, from active matter and neural networks to metamaterials and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. In integrated…

We propose a design to realize integrated broadband nonreciprocal microwave isolators and circulators using superconducting circuit elements without any magnetic materials. To obtain a broadband response, we develop a waveguide-based design…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-08 Dengke Zhang , Jaw-Shen Tsai

We demonstrate a synthetic Hall effect for light, using an acousto-optically modulated nanophotonic resonator chain. To produce this effect, we simultaneously generate the required synthetic electric field using temporal modulation, and the…

We propose and theoretically demonstrate nonreciprocal negative refraction enabled by time-varying photonic structures. By engineering temporal modulations at the interfaces of hyperbolic media, we achieve isolation between forward and…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-27 Mohammad R. Tavakol , Wenshan Cai

This paper demonstrates the implementation and validation of a microwave testbed for directionally modulated transmission. Directional modulation enables multiple communication and/or radar signals to be transmitted in multiple directions…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 Jonathan E. Swindell , David W. Cox , Rebekah Edwards , Emma Lever , Adam C. Goad , Austin Egbert , Charles Baylis , Robert J. Marks

Acousto-optic deflectors (AODs) are widely used across physics, microscopy, neuroscience, and laser engineering, providing fast, precise, and non-mechanical control of light. While conventional AODs naturally support multiplexing in one and…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-10 Lewis R. B. Picard , Manuel Endres

We present a novel passive resonant fiber-optic gyroscope (RFOG) design that achieves two true quadrature points at $\pi/2 $ and $3\pi/2$, enabling angular rotation measurement with maximum sensitivity. The use of a broadband light source,…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-07 Onder Akcaalan , Melike Gumus Akcaalan

In several types of quantum computers light is one of the main tools to control both the position and the quantum state of the atoms used for computing. In practical systems laser light is applied to manipulate quantum states of qubits in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 Clemens Neumüller , Frank Obernosterer , Raimund Meyer , Robert Koch , Gerd Kilian

Active metasurfaces promise reconfigurable optics with drastically improved compactness, ruggedness, manufacturability, and functionality compared to their traditional bulk counterparts. Optical phase change materials (O-PCMs) offer an…

Non-reciprocal transmission of motion is potentially highly beneficial to a wide range of applications, ranging from wave guiding, to shock and vibration damping and energy harvesting. To date, large levels of non-reciprocity have been…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Martin Brandenbourger , Xander Locsin , Edan Lerner , Corentin Coulais

Temporal modulation unlocks possibilities to dynamically control and modify the response of electromagnetic systems. Employing explicit dependencies of circuit or surface parameters on time enables the engineering of systems with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-01 Grigorii Ptitcyn , Mohammad Sajjad Mirmoosa , Silvi Hrabar , Sergey Tretyakov

We propose a tunable acoustic metasurface consisting of identical units. And units are rotatable anisotropic three-component resonators, which can induce the non-degenerate dipolar resonance, causing an evident phase change in low…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-09-20 Pan Li , Yunfan Chang , Qiujiao Du , Zhihong Xu , Meiyu Liu , Pai Peng

Optical nonreciprocity is important in photonic information processing to route the optical signal or prevent the reverse flow of noise. By adopting the strong nonlinearity associated with a few atoms in a strongly coupled cavity QED system…

We find that a new type of non-reciprocal modes exist at an interface between two \emph{parity-time} ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric magnetic domains (MDs) near the frequency of zero effective permeability. The new mode is non-propagating and…

Optics · Physics 2015-09-01 Jin Wang , Hui Yuan Dong , Chi Wai Ling , C. T. Chan , Kin Hung Fung