Unconventional time-bandwidth performance of resonant cavities with nonreciprocal coupling
Abstract
The time-bandwidth limit is a mathematical tenet that affects all reciprocal resonators, stating that the product of the spectral bandwidth that can couple into a resonant system and its characteristic energy decay time is always equal to 1. Here, we develop an analytical and numerical model to show that introducing nonreciprocal coupling to a generalized resonator changes the power balance between the reflected and intracavity fields, which consequently overcomes the time-bandwidth limit of the resonant system. By performing a full evaluation of the time-bandwidth product (TBP) of the modeled resonator, we show that it represents a measure of the increased delay imparted to a light wave, with respect to what the bandwidth of the reciprocal resonant structure would allow to the same amount of in-coupled power. No longer restricted to the value 1, we show that the TBP can instead be used as a figure of merit of the improvement in intracavity power enhancement due to the nonreciprocal coupling.
Citation
Cardea , I , Grassani , D , Upham , J , Schulz , S A , Tsakmakidis , K L & Bres , C-S 2021 , ' Unconventional time-bandwidth performance of resonant cavities with nonreciprocal coupling ' , Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics , vol. 103 , no. 1 , 013716 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.013716
Publication
Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1050-2947Type
Journal article
Description
Funding: Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) (No. 1819) (KLT).Collections
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