Optical nonreciprocity in asymmetric optomechanical couplers

Scientific Reports
Zheqi WangXinliang Zhang

Abstract

We propose an all-optical integrated nonreciprocal device on the optomechanical platform with a large nonreciprocal bandwidth and low operating power. The device is based on an asymmetric silicon coupler consisting of two branches. One of them is a conventional strip waveguide fixed on the substrate, and the other is a freestanding nanostring suspended above a groove in the substrate. When light is launched into the coupler, the optical gradient force between the freestanding nanostring and the underlying substrate leads to the deflection of the nanostring, and finally results in destruction of the initial phase-matching condition between the two branches. The suspended branch would achieve distinct deflections when light is incident from different ports. The simulation results show a nonreciprocal bandwidth of 13.1 nm with operating power of 390 μW. With the advantages of simple structure, low power consumption and large operating bandwidth, our work provides a promising solution for on-chip passive nonreciprocal device.

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Citations

Jun 25, 2016·Scientific Reports·Xinbiao XuXinliang Zhang
Apr 15, 2016·Scientific Reports·Senlin ZhangSailing He
Feb 2, 2018·Scientific Reports·Yigit Ozer, Serdar Kocaman
May 3, 2018·Optics Express·Xinbiao XuXinliang Zhang
Nov 1, 2017·Optics Letters·Janderson R Rodrigues, Vilson R Almeida
Mar 18, 2017·Nanotechnology·A D BoardmanC A Valagiannopoulos
Sep 16, 2020·Optics Letters·Xinbiao XuXinliang Zhang

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