Enhancement of the Sagnac effect due to nonlinearly induced nonreciprocity

A. E. Kaplan; P. Meystre

doi:10.1364/OL.6.000590

Enhancement of the Sagnac effect due to nonlinearly induced nonreciprocity

A. E. Kaplan, P. Meystre

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Abstract

We propose a novel way to enhance the Sagnac effect by using a nonlinear ring interferometer. Specifically, we take advantage of the nonlinearly induced nonreciprocity of counterpropagating waves caused by the formation of an index grating in the nonlinear medium.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	590-592
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics letters
Volume	6
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.6.000590
State	Published - Dec 1981

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Enhancement of the Sagnac effect due to nonlinearly induced nonreciprocity

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