Unidirectional nonlinear PT-symmetric optical structures

作者:Ramezani Hamidreza*; Kottos Tsampikos; El Ganainy Ramy; Christodoulides Demetrios N
来源:Physical Review A, 2010, 82(4): 043803.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.82.043803

摘要

We show that nonlinear optical structures involving a balanced gain-loss profile can act as unidirectional optical valves. This is made possible by exploiting the interplay between the fundamental symmetries of parity (P) and time (T), with optical nonlinear effects. This unidirectional dynamics is specifically demonstrated for the case of an integrable PT-symmetric nonlinear system.

  • 出版日期2010-10-5