Nonlinear topological photonics
Rapidly growing demands for fast information processing have launched a race for creating compact and highly efficient optical devices that can reliably transmit signals without losses. Recently discovered topological phases of light provide novel opportunities for photonic devices robust against sc...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1487522023-02-28T19:57:44Z Nonlinear topological photonics Smirnova, Daria Leykam, Daniel Chong, Yidong Kivshar, Yuri School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Science::Physics Feedback Amplifiers Nonlinear Optics Photonics Rapidly growing demands for fast information processing have launched a race for creating compact and highly efficient optical devices that can reliably transmit signals without losses. Recently discovered topological phases of light provide novel opportunities for photonic devices robust against scattering losses and disorder. Combining these topological photonic structures with nonlinear effects will unlock advanced functionalities such as magnet-free nonreciprocity and active tunability. Here, we introduce the emerging field of nonlinear topological photonics and highlight the recent developments in bridging the physics of topological phases with nonlinear optics. This includes the design of novel photonic platforms which combine topological phases of light with appreciable nonlinear response, self-interaction effects leading to edge solitons in topological photonic lattices, frequency conversion, active photonic structures exhibiting lasing from topologically protected modes, and many-body quantum topological phases of light. We also chart future research directions discussing device applications such as mode stabilization in lasers, parametric amplifiers protected against feedback, and ultrafast optical switches employing topological waveguides. Ministry of Education (MOE) Published version This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (Grant Nos. DE190100430 and DP200101168) and the Institute for Basic Science in Korea (Grant No. IBS-R024-Y1). Y.K. acknowledges support from the Strategic Fund of the Australian National University. Y. C. was supported by the Singapore MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 3 Grant MOE2016-T3-1-006. 2021-08-30T01:24:11Z 2021-08-30T01:24:11Z 2020 Journal Article Smirnova, D., Leykam, D., Chong, Y. & Kivshar, Y. (2020). Nonlinear topological photonics. Applied Physics Reviews, 7(2), 021306-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5142397 1931-9401 0000-0001-8033-3427 0000-0002-8588-9886 0000-0002-3410-812X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148752 10.1063/1.5142397 2-s2.0-85086992552 2 7 021306 en MOE2016-T3-1-006 Applied Physics Reviews © 2020 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). application/pdf |
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Rapidly growing demands for fast information processing have launched a race for creating compact and highly efficient optical devices that can reliably transmit signals without losses. Recently discovered topological phases of light provide novel opportunities for photonic devices robust against scattering losses and disorder. Combining these topological photonic structures with nonlinear effects will unlock advanced functionalities such as magnet-free nonreciprocity and active tunability. Here, we introduce the emerging field of nonlinear topological photonics and highlight the recent developments in bridging the physics of topological phases with nonlinear optics. This includes the design of novel photonic platforms which combine topological phases of light with appreciable nonlinear response, self-interaction effects leading to edge solitons in topological photonic lattices, frequency conversion, active photonic structures exhibiting lasing from topologically protected modes, and many-body quantum topological phases of light. We also chart future research directions discussing device applications such as mode stabilization in lasers, parametric amplifiers protected against feedback, and ultrafast optical switches employing topological waveguides. |
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