Resonant interaction of slow light solitons and dispersive waves in nonlinear chiral photonic waveguide

• Published in: New Journal of Physics
• Main Authors: Yulin, A V, Iorsh, Ivan, Shelykh, Ivan
• Other Authors: Raunvísindastofnun (HÍ), Science Institute (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Eðlisfræði; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1009; https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aac4fa

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) We study the structure of the elementary excitations and their propagation in chiral hybrid structure, comprising an array of two-level systems (TLSs) coupled to a one-dimensional photonic waveguide. The chirality is achieved via spin-locking effect, which in an ideal case gives perfect unidirectional excitation transport. We show that the application of transverse magnetic field which mixes the corresponding levels in TLS results in the emergence of the slow light mode in the photonic spectrum. Finally, we demonstrate the protocols of writing the signal to the slow light mode as well as reading it out with ultrashort optical pulses, which opens new avenues for the realization of optical memory devices based on chiral optical systems. The authors thank Dr MI Petrov for enlightening discussions. The work was by megagrant 14.Y26.31.0015 and Goszadanie no 3.261 4.2017/4.6 and 3.1365.2017/4.6 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation. IVI and IAS acknowledges support from the Icelandic Research Fund, Grant No. 163082-051. IVI thanks Grant of President of Russian Federation МК-6248.2018.2, RFBR project 16-32-60123, and University of Iceland for hospitality. The work of AVY was financially supported by the Government of the Russian Federation (Grant 074-U01) through ITMO Fellowship scheme. Peer Reviewed