High contrast all-optical diode based on direction-dependent optical bistability within asymmetric ring cavity

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/8/084211

Abstract We propose a simple all-optical diode which is comprised of an asymmetric ring cavity containing a two-level atomic ensemble. Attributed to spatial symmetry breaking of the ring cavity, direction-dependent optical bistability is obtained in a classical bistable system. Therefore, a giant optical non-reciprocity is generated, which guarantees an all-optical diode with a high contrast up to 22 dB. Furthermore, its application as an all-optical logic AND gate is also discussed.

Keywords: optical diode optical bistability optical logic gate

Received: 01 December 2015
Revised: 18 February 2016
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PACS:	42.65.Pc	(Optical bistability, multistability, and switching, including local field effects)
	42.25.Bs	(Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11274242, 11474221, and 11574229), the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the China Academy of Engineering Physics (Grant No. U1330203), and the National Key Basic Research Special Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 2011CB922203 and 2013CB632701).

Corresponding Authors: Xiu-Wen Xia
E-mail: jgsuxxw@126.com

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Xiu-Wen Xia(夏秀文), Xin-Qin Zhang(张新琴), Jing-Ping Xu(许静平), Ya-Ping Yang(羊亚平) High contrast all-optical diode based on direction-dependent optical bistability within asymmetric ring cavity 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 084211

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