Binary parity-time-symmetric nonlinear lattices with balanced gain and loss
Optics Letters, Vol. 35, Issue 17, pp. 2976-2978 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.002976
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Abstract
We study nonlinear binary arrays composed of parity-time-symmetric optical waveguides with gain and loss. We demonstrate that such nonlinear binary lattices support stable discrete solitons, which can be adiabatically tuned and switched through nonlinear symmetry breaking by varying gain and loss parameters.
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OCIS Codes
(190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics
(190.5940) Nonlinear optics : Self-action effects
(190.6135) Nonlinear optics : Spatial solitons
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
History
Original Manuscript: June 22, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: July 20, 2010
Published: August 27, 2010
Citation
Sergey V. Dmitriev, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, and Yuri S. Kivshar, "Binary parity-time-symmetric nonlinear lattices with balanced gain and loss," Opt. Lett. 35, 2976-2978 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-17-2976
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