Nonreciprocal optical solitons in a spinning Kerr resonator

被引：34

作者：

Li, Baijun ^{[1
,2
]}

Ozdemir, Sahin K. ^{[3
,4
]}

Xu, Xun-Wei ^{[1
,2
]}

Zhang, Lin ^{[5
]}

Kuang, Le-Man ^{[1
,2
]}

Jing, Hui ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Hunan Normal Univ, Dept Phys, Minist Educ, Key Lab Low Dimens Quantum Struct & Quantum Contr, Changsha 410081, Peoples R China

[2] Hunan Normal Univ, Synerget Innovat Ctr Quantum Effects & Applicat, Changsha 410081, Peoples R China

[3] Penn State Univ, Dept Engn Sci & Mech, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[4] Penn State Univ, Mat Res Inst, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[5] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Sch Phys & Informat Technol, Xian 710061, Peoples R China

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2021年 / 103卷 / 05期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

FREQUENCY COMB; BACKSCATTERING; MICRORESONATORS; SUPPRESSION; GENERATION; BLOCKADE; SYMMETRY; DRIVEN; LIGHT;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.103.053522

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

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 for pump fields propagating in the spinning direction or in the direction opposite to it. We show that in a spinning Kerr resonator, different soliton states appear for the input fields in different directions. These nonreciprocal solitons are more stable against losses induced by intermodal coupling between clockwise and counterclockwise modes of the resonator. Our work builds a bridge between nonreciprocal physics and soliton science, providing a promising route towards achieving soliton-wave optical isolators and one-way soliton communications.

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