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Coherent perfect absorption and lasing in bimodal Fabry-Pérot interferometers

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Bimodal Fabry-P\'erot interferometer is a model generalizing the conventional Fabry-P\'erot interferometer, in which not one but two kinds of waves propagate between the interfaces. Here, we study coherent perfect absorption (CPA) and lasing at threshold in bimodal Fabry-P\'erot interferometers. We show that CPA and lasing appear only in certain ``allowed'' regions in the parameter space, which, as we demonstrate, are described by closed-form inequalities imposed on the elements of the scattering matrix of the interferometer interfaces. We demonstrate topologically governed annihilation of CPA points as they approach the boundary of a CPA-allowed region. In the particular case when the absorption losses tend to zero, the presented model describes the formation of bound states in the continuum exactly at the CPA annihilation points. The presented analytical model is in perfect agreement with the rigorous numerical simulation results of high-contrast gratings and ridge resonators implementing the bimodal Fabry-P\'erot interferometer model.

Source: Physical Review A

DOI: 10.1103/5qjb-nnsj

Authors: Dmitry A. Bykov, Evgeni A. Bezus, Leonid L. Doskolovich

Institutions: Kurchatov Institute, Samara National Research University, Image Processing Systems Institute

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Russian Science Foundation

Awards: G1874138688, G5863033887