Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Nonreciprocal reconfigurable microwave optomechanical circuit

  • N. R. Bernier,
  • L. D. Tóth,
  • A. Koottandavida,
  • M. A. Ioannou,
  • D. Malz,
  • A. Nunnenkamp,
  • A. K. Feofanov,
  • T. J. Kippenberg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00447-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Nonreciprocal optical devices traditionally rely on magnetic fields and magnetic-free approaches are rather recent. Here, Bernier et al. propose and demonstrate a purely optomechanical circulator with reconfigurable transmission without the need for direct coupling between input and output modes.