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Experimental observation of the exceptional point in a nanocylinder-loaded silicon microring

  • Jiewen Li
  • , Jinzhao Wang
  • , Rui Li
  • , Yang Feng
  • , Yanmei Li
  • , Lin Yu
  • , Wanxin Li
  • , Yunxu Sun
  • , Yong Yao
  • , Xiaochuan Xu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen

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Abstract

Exceptional points (EPs) in whispering-gallery-mode microresonators systems have attracted substantial attention due to their intriguing and anomalous optical characteristics. Recently, EPs have been experimentally observed in silicon microrings with coupling manipulation elements, such as an S-shaped waveguide and notch. In this paper, the observation of EP in a nanocylinder-loaded silicon microring is experimentally demonstrated. The device consists of a 5-μm microring with two nanocylinders placed close to the outer edge of the microring. By tailoring the size and position of the two nanocylinders, the fully asymmetric coupling between the clockwise- and counterclockwise-propagating modes occurs, leading to the implementation of EP. Experimentally, the spectral response is investigated by single-side excitation from clockwise and counter-clockwise directions. The reciprocal transmission and nonreciprocal reflection spectra are observed, which confirms the proposed device works in the vicinity of EP. The construction of EP in silicon microring paves the way to basic science and applied technology in non-Hermitian physics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntegrated Optics
Subtitle of host publicationDevices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII
EditorsSonia M. Garcia-Blanco, Pavel Cheben
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510659537
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
EventIntegrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII 2023 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 30 Jan 20232 Feb 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12424
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceIntegrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period30/01/232/02/23

Keywords

  • Silicon microring
  • exceptional point
  • nanocylinders
  • nonreciprocal reflection
  • reciprocal transmission

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