PT Symmetry Based Functional Devices for Integrated Optics

Anatole Lupu (1) , H. Benisty (2) , Aloyse Degiron (1)

1 IEF - Institut d'électronique fondamentale
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Naphel

The objective of the present work is to explore how the concept of gain/loss modulation can be used for switching and routing applications in the case of longitudinal type PT symmetry structures where the complex index profile is build along the direction of light propagation. In the spirit of our previous work we demonstrate that operation compatible with practical applications can be achieved with an imperfect PT-symmetry design, where only the gain is variable while the losses are set fix.

Keywords: optical switching devices; systems with special symmetry; photonic integrated circuits; plasmonics

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

Anatole Lupu, H. Benisty, Aloyse Degiron. PT Symmetry Based Functional Devices for Integrated Optics. 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Jul 2014, Graz, Austria. ⟨hal-01714407⟩