All-optical dissipative discrete time crystals

Hossein Taheri; Andrey B. Matsko; Lute Maleki; Krzysztof Sacha

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28462-x

Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

All-optical dissipative discrete time crystals

Hossein Taheri,
Andrey B. Matsko,
Lute Maleki,
Krzysztof Sacha

Affiliations

Hossein Taheri: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Riverside
Andrey B. Matsko: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Lute Maleki: OEwaves Inc.
Krzysztof Sacha: Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej, Uniwersytet Jagielloński

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28462-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Discrete time crystals are described by a subharmonic response with respect to an external drive and have been mostly observed in closed periodically-driven systems. Here, the authors demonstrate a dissipative discrete time crystal in a Kerr-nonlinear optical microcavity pumped by two lasers.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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