Nonlinear breaking of PT symmetry in coupled waveguides with balanced gain and loss

Andrey A. Sukhorukov; Zhiyong Xu; Yuri S. Kivshar

Nonlinear breaking of PT symmetry in coupled waveguides with balanced gain and loss

Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Zhiyong Xu, Yuri S. Kivshar

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Abstract

We predict that in coupled waveguides with balanced gain and loss, featuring stationary PT-symmetric modes in the linear regime, nonlinearity results in symmetry breaking above a critical power threshold, leading to sharp beam switching.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2010
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2010 - Karlsruhe, Germany Duration: 21 Jun 2010 → 24 Jun 2010

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

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Conference	Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2010
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Karlsruhe
Period	21/06/10 → 24/06/10

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Nonlinear breaking of PT symmetry in coupled waveguides with balanced gain and loss

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