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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 36, Issue 11, Pages 2131-2133Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.002131
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A concept for the design of nonlinear optical diodes is proposed that uses the multistability of coupled nonlinear microcavities and the dependence of switching thresholds on the direction of incidence. A typical example of such a diode can be created by combining two mirror-symmetric microcavities where modes of the opposite parity dominate. It is shown that a strong nonreciprocal behavior can be achieved together with a negligible insertion loss. To describe the dynamical properties of such systems, a model based on the coupled-mode theory is developed, and a possible implementation in the form of multilayered structures is considered. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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