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Mechanical exceptional-point-induced transparency and slow light
Author(s) -
Wang Bao,
Zeng-Xing Liu,
Cui Kong,
Hao Xiong,
Ying Wu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.27.008069
Subject(s) - slow light , transparency (behavior) , resonator , electromagnetically induced transparency , mechanical system , physics , optics , light field , optomechanics , computer science , photonic crystal , computer security , artificial intelligence
Recently, the conception of PT symmetry has attracted considerable attention in various fields such as optics, acoustics, and atomic physics because of the existence of exceptional point (EP) and its importance in understanding non-Hermitian physics. Here, we propose a new scheme of investigating the mechanical-EP-induced transparency and tunable fast-to-slow light phenomena in PT-symmetric mechanical systems. We find that (i) the transmission of the probe field changes from singleto double transparency windows via the transition from a broken mechanical PT-symmetric phase to an unbroken mechanical PT-symmetric phase; (ii) the efficiency of transparency can be significantly enhanced about three orders of magnitude in the vicinity of the mechanical EP, compared to passive mechanical resonators system; and (iii) the mechanical EP can not only amplify the group delay, but also manipulate the switch from slow light to fast light, which may offer an approach to achieve the practical application of slow light and relevant to the optical switcher and communication network. Our results reveal that the exotic properties of the mechanical EP can result in enormous enhancement of the transmitted probe power and novel steering of fast and slow light.

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