PhotoniX, Volume. 3, Issue 1, 22(2022)

Self-induced transparency in a perfectly absorbing chiral second-harmonic generator

Jiankun Hou1、†, Jintian Lin2、†, Jiefu Zhu3, Guolin Zhao3, Yao Chen1, Fangxing Zhang1, Yuanlin Zheng3, Xianfeng Chen3, Ya Cheng2,4、*, Li Ge5, and Wenjie Wan1,3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240 Shanghai, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-Intense Laser Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 201800 Shanghai, China
  • 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240 Shanghai, China
  • 4School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, 200241 Shanghai, China
  • 5Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Staten Island, the City University of New York, 10314 New York, USA
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    Transparency and perfect absorption are two contradictory terms; a perfect absorber never permits waves to transmit through. However, this statement only remains true in the linear regime, where the nonlinearity has been omitted and the physical system like the perfect absorber is not affected by the incoming waves. Here we experimentally demonstrate an intriguing self-induced transparency effect in a perfectly absorbing optical microcavity, which perfectly absorbs any incoming waves at the low power level, but allows a portion of waves to be transmitted at the higher power due to the nonlinear coupling between the fundamental and its second harmonic modes. Moreover, the asymmetric scattering nature of the microcavity enables a chiral and unidirectional reflection in one of the input ports, this leads to asymmetric and chiral coherent control of the perfect absorption states through phase varying. More importantly, such chiral behaviors also empower the chiral emission of second-harmonic generation with a high distinct ratio in the transparency state. These results pave the way for controllable transparency in a wide range of fields in optics, microwaves, acoustics, mechanics, and matter waves.

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    Jiankun Hou, Jintian Lin, Jiefu Zhu, Guolin Zhao, Yao Chen, Fangxing Zhang, Yuanlin Zheng, Xianfeng Chen, Ya Cheng, Li Ge, Wenjie Wan. Self-induced transparency in a perfectly absorbing chiral second-harmonic generator[J]. PhotoniX, 2022, 3(1): 22

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 12, 2022

    Accepted: Aug. 20, 2022

    Published Online: Jul. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: Cheng Ya (ycheng@phys.ecnu.edu.cn), Wan Wenjie (wenjie.wan@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1186/s43074-022-00068-y

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