TY - GEN
T1 - Optically controlling the emission chirality of microlasers
AU - Zambon, N. Carlon
AU - St-Jean, P.
AU - Milicevic, M.
AU - Lemaître, A.
AU - Le Gratiet, L.
AU - Harouri, A.
AU - Sagnes, I.
AU - Bleu, O.
AU - Solnyshkov, D. D.
AU - Malpuech, G.
AU - Ravets, S.
AU - Amo, A.
AU - Bloch, J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light, emerging in helical light beams, is an unbounded degree of freedom that appears very advantageous for applications ranging from optical manipulation [1] to classical and quantum information multiplexing [2-4]. In this context, coherent sources of light carrying OAM are extremely appealing. Right now, one of the main limitations of integrated lasers generating OAM is their lack of versatility, as they rely on engineering chiral resonators [5], thus imposing a unique, non-tailorable chirality of the emission, i.e. clockwise (+|L|) or counter-clockwise (-|L|). Here, we propose and demonstrate, using a fully integrated device, a novel scheme where the chirality of a lasing mode carrying OAM can be optically controlled.
AB - The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light, emerging in helical light beams, is an unbounded degree of freedom that appears very advantageous for applications ranging from optical manipulation [1] to classical and quantum information multiplexing [2-4]. In this context, coherent sources of light carrying OAM are extremely appealing. Right now, one of the main limitations of integrated lasers generating OAM is their lack of versatility, as they rely on engineering chiral resonators [5], thus imposing a unique, non-tailorable chirality of the emission, i.e. clockwise (+|L|) or counter-clockwise (-|L|). Here, we propose and demonstrate, using a fully integrated device, a novel scheme where the chirality of a lasing mode carrying OAM can be optically controlled.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85074638456
U2 - 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8872146
DO - 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8872146
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85074638456
T3 - 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019
BT - 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019
Y2 - 23 June 2019 through 27 June 2019
ER -