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OA_place: repository
OA_type: green
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Scintillation describes the conversion of high-energy particles into light
    in transparent media and finds diverse applications such as high-energy particle
    detection and industrial and medical imaging. This process operates on multiple
    timescales, with the final radiative step consisting of spontaneous emission,
    which can be modeled within the framework of quasiequilibrium fluctuational electrodynamics.
    Scintillation can therefore be controlled and enhanced via nanophotonic effects,
    which has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Such designs have thus
    far obeyed Lorentz reciprocity, meaning there is a direct equivalence between
    scintillation emission and absorption by the scintillator. However, scintillators
    that do not obey Lorentz reciprocity have not been explored, even though they
    represent an alternative platform for probing emission, which is both nonequilibrium
    and nonreciprocal in nature. In this work, we propose to harness nonreciprocity
    to achieve directional control of scintillation emission, granting an additional
    degree of control over scintillation. Such directionality of light output is useful
    in improving collection efficiencies along the directions where detectors are
    located. We present the design of a nonreciprocal scintillator using a one-dimensional
    magnetophotonic crystal in the Voigt configuration. Our work demonstrates the
    potential of controlling nonequilibrium such as scintillation by breaking reciprocity
    and expands the space of nanophotonic design for achieving such control.
article_number: '054062'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Olivia Y.
  full_name: Long, Olivia Y.
  last_name: Long
- first_name: Simo
  full_name: Pajovic, Simo
  last_name: Pajovic
- first_name: Charles
  full_name: Roques-Carmes, Charles
  id: e2e68fc9-6505-11ef-a541-eb4e72cc3e82
  last_name: Roques-Carmes
- first_name: Yoichiro
  full_name: Tsurimaki, Yoichiro
  last_name: Tsurimaki
- first_name: Nicholas
  full_name: Rivera, Nicholas
  last_name: Rivera
- first_name: Marin
  full_name: Soljačić, Marin
  last_name: Soljačić
- first_name: Svetlana V.
  full_name: Boriskina, Svetlana V.
  last_name: Boriskina
- first_name: Shanhui
  full_name: Fan, Shanhui
  last_name: Fan
citation:
  ama: Long OY, Pajovic S, Roques-Carmes C, et al. Nonreciprocal scintillation using
    one-dimensional magneto-optical photonic crystals. <i>Physical Review Applied</i>.
    2024;22(5). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.22.054062">10.1103/physrevapplied.22.054062</a>
  apa: Long, O. Y., Pajovic, S., Roques-Carmes, C., Tsurimaki, Y., Rivera, N., Soljačić,
    M., … Fan, S. (2024). Nonreciprocal scintillation using one-dimensional magneto-optical
    photonic crystals. <i>Physical Review Applied</i>. American Physical Society.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.22.054062">https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.22.054062</a>
  chicago: Long, Olivia Y., Simo Pajovic, Charles Roques-Carmes, Yoichiro Tsurimaki,
    Nicholas Rivera, Marin Soljačić, Svetlana V. Boriskina, and Shanhui Fan. “Nonreciprocal
    Scintillation Using One-Dimensional Magneto-Optical Photonic Crystals.” <i>Physical
    Review Applied</i>. American Physical Society, 2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.22.054062">https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.22.054062</a>.
  ieee: O. Y. Long <i>et al.</i>, “Nonreciprocal scintillation using one-dimensional
    magneto-optical photonic crystals,” <i>Physical Review Applied</i>, vol. 22, no.
    5. American Physical Society, 2024.
  ista: Long OY, Pajovic S, Roques-Carmes C, Tsurimaki Y, Rivera N, Soljačić M, Boriskina
    SV, Fan S. 2024. Nonreciprocal scintillation using one-dimensional magneto-optical
    photonic crystals. Physical Review Applied. 22(5), 054062.
  mla: Long, Olivia Y., et al. “Nonreciprocal Scintillation Using One-Dimensional
    Magneto-Optical Photonic Crystals.” <i>Physical Review Applied</i>, vol. 22, no.
    5, 054062, American Physical Society, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.22.054062">10.1103/physrevapplied.22.054062</a>.
  short: O.Y. Long, S. Pajovic, C. Roques-Carmes, Y. Tsurimaki, N. Rivera, M. Soljačić,
    S.V. Boriskina, S. Fan, Physical Review Applied 22 (2024).
date_created: 2026-03-30T12:22:47Z
date_published: 2024-11-22T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-04-27T10:38:50Z
day: '22'
doi: 10.1103/physrevapplied.22.054062
extern: '1'
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '2409.17002'
intvolume: '        22'
issue: '5'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2409.17002
month: '11'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
publication: Physical Review Applied
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2331-7019
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Nonreciprocal scintillation using one-dimensional magneto-optical photonic
  crystals
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 22
year: '2024'
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