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ArticleNature communications2025

Observation of nonreciprocal transverse localization of light.

Shun Liang, Changchang Li, Zhenzhi Liu, Wenqing Yu, Changbiao Li, Yanpeng Zhang, Guillaume Malpuech, Dmitry Solnyshkov, Hui Jing, Zhaoyang Zhang

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Shun LiangKey Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Changchang LiKey Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Zhenzhi LiuKey Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Wenqing YuKey Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Changbiao LiKey Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Yanpeng ZhangKey Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Guillaume MalpuechInstitut Pascal, PHOTON-N2, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Clermont INP, Clermont-Ferrand, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2849-7667
Dmitry SolnyshkovInstitut Pascal, PHOTON-N2, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Clermont INP, Clermont-Ferrand, France. dmitry.solnyshkov@uca.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2506-759X
Hui JingKey Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control of Ministry of Education, Department of Physics and Synergetic Innovation Center for Quantum Effects and Applications, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China. jinghui@hunnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5091-2057
Zhaoyang ZhangKey Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education & Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. zhyzhang@xjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9207-0927

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Abstract

Magnetic-free nonreciprocal optical devices that prevent backscattering of signals are essential for optical information processing. The achieved nonreciprocal behaviors mostly rely on various optical dispersive effects, leading to dispersive modulations of the spatial beam profiles, such as broadening and discretization, of incident signals. Such deformation inevitably reduces the matching with subsequent functional components. Here, we experimentally demonstrate the nonreciprocal transverse localization of light in a moiré photonic lattice in atomic vapors. When the probe field co- or counter-propagates with the forward coupling field with a honeycomb moiré profile, the output pattern can exhibit localized or dispersive behavior. The nonreciprocal behaviors (in both beam size and transmitted intensity) are from the atomic thermal motion. A backward Gaussian coupling field is also introduced to modulate the size and intensity of the backward probe, which experiences dispersive propagation. The current work provides an approach to control the transverse beam profile in nonreciprocal transmission.

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