Loss-induced nonreciprocity

Xinyao Huang; Cuicui Lu; Chao Liang; Honggeng Tao; Yong-Chun Liu

doi:10.1038/s41377-021-00464-2

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- Loss-induced nonreciprocity
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 10, Issue 2, Pages: 256-263(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  2.Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurements of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  3.Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
  4.Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing 100084, China
- Author bio：
  
  Yong-Chun Liu (ycliu@tsinghua.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-021-00464-2
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- Published：2021，
  
  Published Online：04 February 2021，
  
  Received：21 July 2020，
  
  Revised：08 December 2020，
  
  Accepted：05 January 2021
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Huang, X. Y. et al. Loss-induced nonreciprocity. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 256-263 (2021).
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Huang, X. Y. et al. Loss-induced nonreciprocity. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 256-263 (2021). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-021-00464-2.

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Abstract

Nonreciprocity is important in both optical information processing and topological photonics studies. Conventional principles for realizing nonreciprocity rely on magnetic fields

spatiotemporal modulation

or nonlinearity. Here we propose a generic principle for generating nonreciprocity by taking advantage of energy loss

which is usually regarded as harmful. The loss in a resonance mode induces a phase lag

which is independent of the energy transmission direction. When multichannel lossy resonance modes are combined

the resulting interference gives rise to nonreciprocity

with different coupling strengths for the forward and backward directions

and unidirectional energy transmission. This study opens a new avenue for the design of nonreciprocal devices without stringent requirements.

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