Experimental demonstration of cavity-free optical isolators and optical circulators
En-Ze Li, Dong-Sheng Ding, Yi-Chen Yu, Ming-Xin Dong, Lei Zeng, Wei-Hang Zhang, Ying-Hao Ye, Huai-Zhi Wu, Zhi-Han Zhu, Wei Gao, Guang-Can Guo, Bao-Sen Shi
Abstract
The authors present experimental results pertaining to the realization of optical isolators and circulators. This paper realizes it experimentally with a cross-Kerr nonlinearity achieved with a medium comprising a thermal vapor of N-type atoms
Topics & Concepts
CirculatorOptical isolatorOpticsMaterials scienceRealization (probability)ThermalOptoelectronicsNonlinear opticalOptical circulatorIsolatorNonlinear systemNonlinear mediumElectronic engineeringNonlinear opticsMagneto-Optical Properties and ApplicationsMechanical and Optical ResonatorsQuantum optics and atomic interactions