Breaking Lorentz reciprocity to overcome the time-bandwidth limit in physics and engineering
dc.contributor.author | Tsakmakidis, K. L. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Shen, L. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Schulz, Sebastian A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Zheng, X. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Upham, J. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Deng, X. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Altug, H. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Vakakis, A. F. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Boyd, R. W. | en |
dc.contributor.funder | Horizon 2020 | en |
dc.contributor.funder | National Natural Science Foundation of China | en |
dc.contributor.funder | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light | en |
dc.contributor.funder | Government of Canada | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-13T12:19:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-13T12:19:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-06-23 | en |
dc.description.abstract | A century-old tenet in physics and engineering asserts that any type of system, having bandwidth Δω, can interact with a wave over only a constrained time period Δt inversely proportional to the bandwidth (Δt·Δω ~ 2π). This law severely limits the generic capabilities of all types of resonant and wave-guiding systems in photonics, cavity quantum electrodynamics and optomechanics, acoustics, continuum mechanics, and atomic and optical physics but is thought to be completely fundamental, arising from basic Fourier reciprocity. We propose that this “fundamental” limit can be overcome in systems where Lorentz reciprocity is broken. As a system becomes more asymmetric in its transport properties, the degree to which the limit can be surpassed becomes greater. By way of example, we theoretically demonstrate how, in an astutely designed magnetized semiconductor heterostructure, the above limit can be exceeded by orders of magnitude by using realistic material parameters. Our findings revise prevailing paradigms for linear, time-invariant resonant systems, challenging the doctrine that high-quality resonances must invariably be narrowband and providing the possibility of developing devices with unprecedentedly high time-bandwidth performance. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (Eugen Lommel fellowship); Government of Canada (Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program); Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 61372005; grant no. 41331070) | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Tsakmakidis, K. L., Shen, L., Schulz, S. A., Zheng, X., Upham, J., Deng, X. Altug, H., Vakakis, A. F. and Boyd, R. W. (2017) 'Breaking Lorentz reciprocity to overcome the time-bandwidth limit in physics and engineering', Science, 356(6344), pp. 1260-1264. doi:10.1126/science.aam6662 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1126/science.aam6662 | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1095-9203 | en |
dc.identifier.endpage | 1264 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0036-8075 | en |
dc.identifier.issued | 6344 | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Science | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1260 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/14963 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 356 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science | en |
dc.relation.project | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::RIA/737071/EU/Ultrasensitive chiral detection by signal-reversing cavity polarimetry: applications to in-situ proteomics, single-molecule chirality, HPLC analysis, medical diagnostics, and atmospheric studies/ULTRACHIRAL | en |
dc.rights | © 2017, the Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. | en |
dc.subject | Linear, time-invariant resonant systems | en |
dc.subject | High time-bandwidth performance | en |
dc.title | Breaking Lorentz reciprocity to overcome the time-bandwidth limit in physics and engineering | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
oaire.citation.issue | 6344 | en |
oaire.citation.volume | 356 | en |
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