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Alexander A. Zyablovsky

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Cascade Brilloiun scattering on short-lived phonons for frequency comb generation

We consider Brillouin scattering on short-lived phonon modes, such that the relative Brillouin shift between propagating and scattered waves is smaller than the relative width of phonon modes. In this case one phonon mode facilitates scattering between many pairs of optical modes. We show that in this limit two phonon modes are sufficient for cascade Brillouin scattering (one forward propagating wave and one counter propagating wave), and that the cascade behavior is qualitatively different from the cascade in conventional Brillouin systems with distinct phonon modes for each optical mode pair. In particular, our results show that there is a pump threshold above which many optical modes become excited simultaneously, as opposed to a cascade gradually building up. The resulting cascade scattering can be exploited for frequency comb generation with uniform amplitudes and without the need for anomalous dispersion in the medium.

physics.optics

Exceptional points of arbitrary high orders induced by non-Markovian dynamics

Exceptional points are singularities in the spectrum of non-Hermitian systems in which several eigenvectors are linearly dependent and their eigenvalues are equal to each other. Usually it is assumed that the order of the exceptional point is limited by the number of degrees of freedom of a non-Hermitian system. In this letter, we refute this common opinion and show that non-Markovian effects can lead to dynamics characteristic of systems with exceptional points of higher orders than the number of degrees of freedom in the system. This takes place when the energy returns from reservoir to the system such that the dynamics of the system are divided into intervals in which it describes by the product of the exponential and a polynomial function of ever-increasing order. We demonstrate that by choosing the observation time, it is possible to observe exceptional points of arbitrary high orders.

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A control of threshold of hard excitaion mode of optomechanical system by a low-intensity seed wave

An optomechanical system based on two optical modes, one of which is pumped by a coherent wave, interacting with each other via a phonon mode is considered. In such a system, a hard excitation mode can be realized in the region of bistability. It is demonstrated that excitation of an optical mode with a lower frequency by a low-intensity seed wave can lead to a significant reduction of a threshold of the hard excitation mode. This decrease is due to the fact that the seed wave changes the stability of solutions in the bistability region. This leads to the fact that switching from a non-generating state to a generating one occurs at lower values of the intensity of the pump wave. The obtained result paves the way for the creation of all-optical transistors and logical elements.

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Hard excitation mode of system with optomechanical instability

System with strong photon-phonon interaction and optomechanical instability are perspective for generation of coherent phonons and photons. Typically, above the threshold of optomechanical instability, the photon intensity increases linearly with pumping. We demonstrate that in such systems, it is possible to achieve hard mode of excitation when jump increase in the photon intensity takes place. We derive the analytical expression determining conditions for such a jump increase. We demonstrate that the hard excitation mode in system with optomechanical instability arises due to an additional phase condition for the existence of a nonzero solution. The discovered hard excitation mode paves the way for creation highly sensitive sensors and optical transistors.

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Overcoming the diffraction limit on the size of dielectric resonators using an amplifying medium

Existing methods for the localization of light at the nanoscale use either a structure with negative permittivity, by exploiting subwavelength plasmonic resonances, or a dielectric structure with a high refractive index, which reduces the wavelength. In this paper, we provide an alternative to these two methods based on a modification of the modes of dielectric resonators by means of an active medium. We show that an active medium can promote subwavelength light localization in the dielectric structure. We consider a dielectric layer of size substantially smaller than a half-wavelength of light in the dielectric medium, and demonstrate that at a certain value of gain in the active medium, the phase change on reflection at the layer boundaries compensates for the change in phase due to propagation over the layer. At this value of the gain, the gain-assisted mode forms, in which the phase shift during a round trip of the electromagnetic wave is zero. This gain-assisted mode exists only at a positive gain in the dielectric medium, and can be used to create dielectric lasers and sensors of subwavelength size.

physics.optics

Strong-coupling-assisted formation of coherent radiation below the lasing threshold

The creation of nanoscale lasers that operate above a coherent threshold is a challenging problem. We propose a way to circumvent this issue using systems in which a strong coupling regime is achieved between the light and the active medium. In the strong coupling regime, energy oscillations take place between the EM field in the cavity and the atoms. By applying appropriate time modulation to the pumping, it is possible to control these energy oscillations in such a way that coherence in the laser system appears below the lasing threshold. We show that in this approach, the radiation linewidth is two orders of magnitude smaller than the linewidth of a conventional laser for the same photon number. In addition, the second order coherence function of the output radiation is reduced from two to one before the system reaches a positive population inversion. Our results pave the way for the creation of nanoscale sources of coherent radiation that can operate below the lasing threshold.

physics.optics

Parametric instability of non-Hermitian systems near the exceptional point

In contrast to Hermitian systems, eigenstates of non-Hermitian ones are in general nonorthogonal. This feature is most pronounced at exceptional points where several eigenstates are linearly dependent. In this work we show that near this point a new effect takes place. It exhibits in energy increases in the system when its parameters change periodically. This effect resembles parametric resonance in a Hermitian system but there is a fundamental difference. It comes from the unique properties of the exceptional point that leads to parametric instability that occurs almost at any change in a parameter, while in the case of Hermitian systems it is necessary to fulfill resonance conditions. We illustrate this phenomenon by the case of two coupling waveguides with gain and loss. This phenomenon opens a wide range of applications in optics, plasmonics, and optoelectronics, where the loss is an inevitable problem and plays a crucial role.

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