Exceptional points and asymmetric mode conversion in quasi-guided dual-mode optical waveguides
Non-Hermitian systems host unconventional physical effects that be used to design new optical devices. We study a non-Hermitian system consisting of 1D planar optical waveguides with suitable amount of simultaneous gain and loss. The parameter space contains an exceptional point, which can be access...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-809092023-02-28T19:28:39Z Exceptional points and asymmetric mode conversion in quasi-guided dual-mode optical waveguides Ghosh, Somnath N. Chong, Yi Dong School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Optical Waveguide DRNTU::Science::Physics Exceptional Points Non-Hermitian systems host unconventional physical effects that be used to design new optical devices. We study a non-Hermitian system consisting of 1D planar optical waveguides with suitable amount of simultaneous gain and loss. The parameter space contains an exceptional point, which can be accessed by varying the transverse gain and loss profile. When light propagates through the waveguide structure, the output mode is independent of the choice of input mode. This “asymmetric mode conversion” phenomenon can be explained by the swapping of mode identities in the vicinity of the exceptional point, together with the failure of adiabatic evolution in non-Hermitian systems. NRF (Natl Research Foundation, S’pore) Published version 2018-11-09T08:27:00Z 2019-12-06T14:17:10Z 2018-11-09T08:27:00Z 2019-12-06T14:17:10Z 2016 Journal Article Ghosh, S. N., & Chong, Y. D. (2016). Exceptional points and asymmetric mode conversion in quasi-guided dual-mode optical waveguides. Scientific Reports, 6, 19837-. doi:10.1038/srep19837 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80909 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46620 10.1038/srep19837 27101933 en Scientific Reports © 2016 The Authors (Nature Publishing Group). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 7 p. application/pdf |
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Non-Hermitian systems host unconventional physical effects that be used to design new optical devices. We study a non-Hermitian system consisting of 1D planar optical waveguides with suitable amount of simultaneous gain and loss. The parameter space contains an exceptional point, which can be accessed by varying the transverse gain and loss profile. When light propagates through the waveguide structure, the output mode is independent of the choice of input mode. This “asymmetric mode conversion” phenomenon can be explained by the swapping of mode identities in the vicinity of the exceptional point, together with the failure of adiabatic evolution in non-Hermitian systems. |
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