Temporal loss boundary engineered photonic cavity.

ABSTRACT: Losses are ubiquitous and unavoidable in nature inhibiting the performance of most optical processes. Manipulating losses to adjust the dissipation of photons is analogous to braking a running car that is as important as populating photons via a gain medium. Here, we introduce the transient loss boundary into a photon populated cavity that functions as a 'photon brake' and probe photon dynamics by engineering the 'brake timing' and 'brake strength'. Coupled cavity photons can be distinguished by stripping one photonic mode through controlling the loss boundary, which enables the transition from a coupled to an uncoupled state. We interpret the transient boundary as a perturbation by considering both real and imaginary parts of permittivity, and the dynamic process is modeled with a tempora

SUBMITTER: Cong L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626434 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature