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We propose a spinning nonlinear resonator as an experimentally accessible platform to achieve nonreciprocal control of optical solitons. Nonreciprocity here results from the relativistic Sagnac-Fizeau optical drag effect, which is different…

Optics · Physics 2021-06-02 Baijun Li , Şahin. K. Özdemir , Xun-Wei Xu , Lin Zhang , Le-Man Kuang , Hui Jing

Nonreciprocal optical devices have broad applications in light manipulations for communications and sensing. Non-magnetic mechanisms of optical nonreciprocity are highly desired for high-frequency on-chip applications. Here, we investigate…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-19 Zheng Yang , Yuqiong Cheng , Neng Wang , Yuntian Chen , Shubo Wang

Nonlinear light-matter interactions are typically enhanced by increasing the local field and its interaction time with matter. Conventional methods to achieve these goals are based on resonances or slow-light effects. However, these methods…

Control of the electromagnetic waves in nano-scale structured materials is central to the development of next generation photonic circuits and devices. In this context, hyperbolic metamaterials, where elliptical isofrequency surfaces are…

Here, building on our previous work [Phys. Rev. B, 92, 125153, (2015)], it is shown that the propagation of unidirectional gapless edge states at an interface of two topologically distinct electromagnetic continua with a well-behaved…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-03 Mario G. Silveirinha

Nonreciprocal optical systems have found many applications altering the linear transmission of light as a function of its propagation direction. Here we consider a new class of nonreciprocity which appears in photon pair correlations and…

Nonreciprocity and nonreciprocal optical devices play a vital role in modern photonic technologies by enforcing one-way propagation of light. Most nonreciprocal devices today are made from a special class of low-loss ferrites that exhibit a…

The backward Compton scattering is a basic process at future higher energy photon colliders. To obtain a high probability of e->gamma conversion the density of laser photons in the conversion region should be so high that simultaneous…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Galynskii , E. Kuraev , M. Levchuk , V. Telnov

It was recently highlighted that nonreciprocal surface waves can be stopped in suitably designed waveguides, leading to the formation of hotspots wherein the electromagnetic fields are massively enhanced. Here, we prove that this phenomenon…

Optics · Physics 2022-01-03 David E. Fernandes , Mário G. Silveirinha

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

A transverse radiative heat flux induced by the gradient of spin angular momentum of photons in non-reciprocal systems is predicted. This thermal analog of the inverse spin Hall effect is analyzed in magneto-optical networks exhibiting C4…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-01 Philippe Ben-Abdallah

Modern photonic and quantum technologies demand reciprocity breaking, e.g., isolators, full-duplex systems, noise isolation in quantum computers, motivating searching for practical approaches beyond magnet-based devices. This work overviews…

Nonlinear nanophotonics is a rapidly developing field with many useful applications for a design of nonlinear nanoantennas, light sources, nanolasers, sensors, and ultrafast miniature metadevices. A tight confinement of the local…

Optics · Physics 2016-10-25 Daria Smirnova , Yuri S. Kivshar

Excitons in a semiconductor monolayer form a collective resonance that can reflect resonant light with extraordinarily high efficiency. Here, we investigate the nonlinear optical properties of such atomistically thin mirrors and show that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 Valentin Walther , Lida Zhang , Susanne F. Yelin , Thomas Pohl

We introduce a new type of lens that focuses a plane wave into a spherical one, where light comes from all directions. Our method also suggests the design of ideal optical tweezers or, in the reverse direction, photo-detection of nearly all…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-01 Shay Rabani , Kirill Shvalb , Boris Malomed , Tal Carmon

In this article, it is experimentally verified that nonreciprocal photonic systems with a continuous translation symmetry may have an ill-defined topology. The topological classification of such systems is only feasible when the material…

While scattered light conveys most of the information we perceive, scattering may also distort that information before it reaches our detectors. The problem is acute in many applications, such as in high-resolution microscopy of biological…

We study the backward scatterings of plane waves by reciprocal scatterers and reveal that $n$-fold ($n\geq3$) rotation symmetry is sufficient to secure invariant backscattering for arbitrarily-polarized incident plane waves. It is further…

Optics · Physics 2021-01-27 Weijin Chen , Qingdong Yang , Yuntian Chen , Wei Liu

Nonlinear processes are at the core of many optical technologies including lasers, information processing, sensing, and security, and require optimised materials suitable for nanoscale integration. Here we demonstrate the emergence of a…

Optics · Physics 2018-01-03 B. Wells , A. Yu. Bykov , G. Marino , M. E. Nasir , A. V. Zayats , V. A. Podolskiy

Light-matter interaction has become one of the promising routes to manipulating various physical feature of quantum materials in an ultrafast kinetics. In this work, we focus on the nonlinear optical effects of the spintronic behavior in…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-06 J. Zhou , C. Zhang