Abstract

The behavior of a parity-time-symmetric coupled microring system is studied when operating in the vicinity of an exceptional point. Using the abrupt phase transition around this point, stable single-mode lasing is demonstrated in spectrally multimoded microring arrangements.

© 2015 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
OSA Recommended Articles
Electrical tunability due to coalescence of exceptional points in parity-time symmetric waveguides

Jin Wang, Hui Yuan Dong, Raymond P. H. Wu, T. C. Mok, and Kin Hung Fung
Opt. Lett. 42(3) 535-538 (2017)

Detecting topological exceptional points in a parity-time symmetric system with cold atoms

Jian Xu, Yan-Xiong Du, Wei Huang, and Dan-Wei Zhang
Opt. Express 25(14) 15786-15795 (2017)

Fluctuations and noise-limited sensing near the exceptional point of parity-time-symmetric resonator systems

N. Asger Mortensen, P. A. D. Gonçalves, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Christos Tserkezis, and Christian Wolff
Optica 5(10) 1342-1346 (2018)

More Recommended Articles

References

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Citation lists with outbound citation links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access OSA Member Subscription

Supplementary Material (2)

NameDescription
» Visualization 1: MP4 (65 KB)      The intensity as pump is gradually withheld from one of the rings
» Visualization 2: MP4 (1837 KB)      The emission spectrum as pump is gradually with held from one of the rings

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access OSA Member Subscription

Figures (5)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access OSA Member Subscription

Equations (1)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access OSA Member Subscription

Metrics

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article level metrics are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access OSA Member Subscription