Optomechanical Akhmediev Breather

TL;DR

This paper introduces optomechanical arrays as a new platform to observe and control Akhmediev breathers in photonic and phononic systems, enabling reconfigurable nano-photonic and phononic networks for advanced signal processing.

Contribution

It presents a novel integrated platform for observing and controlling Akhmediev breathers in optomechanical arrays, expanding their application scope.

Findings

Demonstration of photonic and phononic Akhmediev breathers in optomechanical arrays

Potential for reconfigurable nano-photonic and phononic networks

Implications for on-chip nonlinear dynamical systems

Abstract

Akhmediev breather has attracted considerable attention over the past decades in various fields such as hydrodynamics, plasma physics, and nonlinear optics because its wide applications and its importance in understanding nonlinear coherent phenomena. Here we introduce optomechanical arrays as a novel and integrated platform to observe both photonic and phononic Akhmediev breather, with remarkable functionality for readout and control complementing existing research on hydrodynamic and plasma systems. Our results pave a path toward reconfigurable nano- photonic and phononic networks, and may enable a new class of devices in signal processing and on-chip nonlinear dynamical systems.