Enhanced sensitivity at higher-order exceptional points

H Hodaei, AU Hassan, S Wittek, H Garcia-Gracia… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Non-Hermitian degeneracies, also known as exceptional points, have recently emerged as
a new way to engineer the response of open physical systems, that is, those that interact …

Parity–time symmetry synthetic lasers: Physics and devices

B Qi, HZ Chen, L Ge, P Berini… - Advanced Optical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The invention of the laser has revolutionized modern science and engineering as well as
our daily lives. Recently, a new class of lasers based on concepts borrowed from parity–time …

Parity-time symmetry in coherently coupled vertical cavity laser arrays

Z Gao, STM Fryslie, BJ Thompson, PS Carney… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report parity-time (PT) symmetry breaking in electrically injected, coherently coupled,
vertical cavity surface emitting laser arrays. We predict beam steering, mode evolution, and …

High side-mode suppression ratio with a Vernier effect single-mode laser using triple coupled microrings

M Jahangiri, F Moradiani, GM Parsanasab… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The development of single-mode lasers with a high side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) is
challenging but highly desirable for integrated photonics devices and long-distance …

Unidirectional light emission in PT-symmetric microring lasers

J Ren, YGN Liu, M Parto, WE Hayenga… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The synergetic use of gain and loss in parity-time symmetric coupled resonators has been
shown to lead to single-mode lasing operation. However, at the corresponding resonance …

Controllable asymmetric phase-locked states of the fundamental active photonic dimer

Y Kominis, V Kovanis, T Bountis - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
Coupled semiconductor lasers are systems possessing complex dynamics that are
interesting for numerous applications in photonics. In this work, we investigate the existence …

Exceptional points in two dissimilar coupled diode lasers

Y Kominis, KD Choquette, A Bountis… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We show the abundance of exceptional points in the generic asymmetric configuration of
two coupled diode lasers, under nonzero optical detuning and differential pumping. We …

Electrically pumped microring parity-time-symmetric lasers

WE Hayenga, H Garcia-Gracia… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microscale and nanoscale electrically pumped lasers are expected to play an indispensable
role in future photonic integrated circuits. Small footprint, low threshold, high efficiency, and …

[HTML][HTML] Rate equation analysis and non-Hermiticity in coupled semiconductor laser arrays

Z Gao, MT Johnson, KD Choquette - Journal of Applied Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Optically coupled semiconductor laser arrays are described by coupled rate equations. The
coupled mode equations and carrier densities are included in the analysis, which inherently …

Controlling lasing around exceptional points in coupled nanolasers

A Fischer, TV Raziman, WK Ng, J Clarysse… - npj …, 2024 - nature.com
Coupled nanolasers are of growing interest for on-chip optical computation and data
transmission, which requires an understanding of how lasers interact to form complex …