Loss-compensated non-reciprocal scattering based on synchronization

Tiemo Pedergnana, Abel Faure-Beaulieu, Romain Fleury () and Nicolas Noiray ()
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Tiemo Pedergnana: ETH Zürich
Abel Faure-Beaulieu: ETH Zürich
Romain Fleury: EPFL
Nicolas Noiray: ETH Zürich

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Breaking the reciprocity of wave propagation is a problem of fundamental interest, and a much-sought functionality in practical applications, both in photonics and phononics. Although it has been achieved using resonant linear scattering from cavities with broken time-reversal symmetry, such realizations have remained inescapably plagued by inherent passivity constraints, which make absorption losses unavoidable, leading to stringent limitations in transmitted power. In this work, we solve this problem by converting the cavity resonance into a limit cycle, exploiting the uncharted interplay between non-linearity, gain, and non-reciprocity. Remarkably, strong enough incident waves can synchronize with these self-sustained oscillations and use their energy for amplification. We theoretically and experimentally demonstrate that this mechanism can simultaneously enhance non-reciprocity and compensate absorption. Real-world acoustic scattering experiments allow us to observe non-reciprocal transmission of audible sound in a synchronization-based three-port circulator with full immunity against losses.

Date: 2024
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