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Four-field symmetry breakings in twin-resonator photonic isomers

Alekhya Ghosh1,2, Lewis Hill1,3, Gian-Luca Oppo3, and Pascal Del'Haye1,2,*

  • 1Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Staudtstraße 2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
  • 2Department of Physics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg, Staudtstraße 2, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
  • 3Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom

  • *pascal.delhaye@mpl.mpg.de
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Phys. Rev. Research 5, L042012 – Published 16 October, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L042012

Abstract

Symmetry and symmetry breaking of light states play an important role in photonic integrated circuits and have recently attracted lots of research interest that is relevant to the manipulation of light polarization, telecommunications, all optical computing, and more. We consider four-field symmetry breaking within two different configurations of photonic dimer systems, both comprised of two identical Kerr ring resonators. In each configuration we observe multiple degrees and levels of spontaneous symmetry breaking between circulating photon numbers and further, a wide range of oscillatory dynamics, such as chaos and multiple variations of periodic switching. These dynamics are of interest for optical data processing, optical memories, telecommunication systems, and integrated photonic sensors.

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Phys. Rev. Research 5, L042012– Published 16 October, 2023
  • Received 5 May 2023
  • Accepted 7 August 2023
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