
Proceedings Paper
Spontaneous symmetry breaking in coupled photonic crystal nanolasers (Conference Presentation)
Paper Abstract
The spontaneous breaking of mirror-symmetry in two coupled photonic crystal nanocavity-lasers is experimentally demonstrated. The inter-cavity evanescent coupling is tuned such that the nonlinear interaction –the carrier-induced nanolaser frequency shift– overcomes photon tunneling. This, together with the optimization of the nanocavity beaming, allows us to observe a spontaneous transition from a delocalized mode to two spatially localized states, in the form of a pitchfork bifurcation. Coexistence of these states is demonstrated through short pulse excitation. This kind of devices based on symmetry breaking could yield new types of flip-flop memories and nanolaser sources with strong photonic correlations.
Paper Details
Date Published: 9 November 2016
PDF: 1 pages
Proc. SPIE 9920, Active Photonic Materials VIII, 99200C (9 November 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2236291
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9920:
Active Photonic Materials VIII
Ganapathi S. Subramania; Stavroula Foteinopoulou, Editor(s)
PDF: 1 pages
Proc. SPIE 9920, Active Photonic Materials VIII, 99200C (9 November 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2236291
Show Author Affiliations
Alejandro M. Yacomotti, Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostructures (France)
Philippe Hamel, Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostructures (France)
Philippe Hamel, Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostructures (France)
Fabrice Raineri, Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostructures (France)
Juan A. Levenson, Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostructures (France)
Juan A. Levenson, Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostructures (France)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9920:
Active Photonic Materials VIII
Ganapathi S. Subramania; Stavroula Foteinopoulou, Editor(s)
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