Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Synchronized conductivity modulation to realize broadband lossless magnetic-free non-reciprocity

  • Tolga Dinc,
  • Mykhailo Tymchenko,
  • Aravind Nagulu,
  • Dimitrios Sounas,
  • Andrea Alu,
  • Harish Krishnaswamy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00798-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Optical non-reciprocity achieved through refractive index modulation can have its challenges and limitations. Here, Dinc et al. introduce the concept of non-reciprocity based on synchronized spatio-temporal modulation of conductivity to achieve different types of non-reciprocal functionality.