Title

Unidirectional Invisibility Induced by PT-Symmetric Periodic Structures

Authors

Authors

Z. Lin; H. Ramezani; T. Eichelkraut; T. Kottos; H. Cao;D. N. Christodoulides

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Keywords

NON-HERMITIAN HAMILTONIANS; SCATTERING; TIME; Physics, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

Parity-time (PT) symmetric periodic structures, near the spontaneous PT-symmetry breaking point, can act as unidirectional invisible media. In this regime, the reflection from one end is diminished while it is enhanced from the other. Furthermore, the transmission coefficient and phase are indistinguishable from those expected in the absence of a grating. The phenomenon is robust even in the presence of Kerr nonlinearities, and it can also effectively suppress optical bistabilities.

Journal Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

106

Issue/Number

21

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.213901

Language

English

First Page

4

WOS Identifier

WOS:000290940200007

ISSN

0031-9007

Recommended Citation

"Unidirectional Invisibility Induced by PT-Symmetric Periodic Structures" (2011). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 1566.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/1566