Four-field symmetry breakings in twin-resonator photonic isomers

Ghosh, Alekhya and Hill, Lewis and Oppo, Gian-Luca and Del'Haye, Pascal (2023) Four-field symmetry breakings in twin-resonator photonic isomers. Physical Review Research, 5 (4). L042012. ISSN 2643-1564 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L042012)

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Abstract

Symmetry and symmetry breaking of light states play an important role in photonic integrated circuits and have recently attracted lots of research interest that is relevant to the manipulation of light polarization, telecommunications, all optical computing, and more. We consider four-field symmetry breaking within two different configurations of photonic dimer systems, both comprised of two identical Kerr ring resonators. In each configuration we observe multiple degrees and levels of spontaneous symmetry breaking between circulating photon numbers and further, a wide range of oscillatory dynamics, such as chaos and multiple variations of periodic switching. These dynamics are of interest for optical data processing, optical memories, telecommunication systems, and integrated photonic sensors.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:88049
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    16 October 2023
    Published
    7 August 2023
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:
    Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:01 Feb 2024 15:06
    Last modified:29 Apr 2024 00:59
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/88049
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