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Optica, Photonics Research, 7(9), p. 1218, 2021

DOI: 10.1364/prj.413286

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Broad-intensity-range optical nonreciprocity based on feedback-induced Kerr nonlinearity

Journal article published in 2021 by Lei Tang ORCID, Jiangshan Tang, Haodong Wu ORCID, Jing Zhang, Min Xiao ORCID, Keyu Xia ORCID
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Abstract

Nonreciprocal light propagation plays an important role in modern optical systems, from photonic networks to integrated photonics. We propose a nonreciprocal system based on a resonance-frequency-tunable cavity and intensity-adaptive feedback control. Because the feedback-induced Kerr nonlinearity in the cavity is dependent on the incident direction of light, the system exhibits nonreciprocal transmission with a transmission contrast of 0.99 and an insertion loss of 1.5 dB. By utilizing intensity-adaptive feedback control, the operating intensity range of the nonreciprocal system is broadened to 20 dB, which relaxes the limitation of the operating intensity range for nonlinear nonreciprocal systems. Our protocol paves the way to realize high-performance nonreciprocal propagation in optical systems and can also be extended to microwave systems.