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Applied Optics and Photonics China: Optoelectronics and Micro/Nano-Optics (AOPC)

Optical diode based on cascaded nonlinear nanocavities

Chao Li, Shu-Ya Wu, Yong-Lu Hu, Dao-Liu Liu, Bo Wang, Jun-Fang Wu

Published Oct 24, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate that by appropriately exciting the multistability of the cascaded nonlinear cavities, a broad-bandwidth, reversible, and high-contrast-ratio optical diode can be achieved.
DOI
10.1117/12.2282040

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