Abstract
Nonreciprocal optical devices based on the Faraday effect find various applications in laser technique, providing, for example, unidirectional action in ring lasers and optical isolation between the stages of an amplifier chain.1 Here we describe a new way to obtain nonreciprocity in light transmission or reflection. The principle of operation is the same as for the second-harmonic nonlinear mirror.2
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