Title
Beam Dynamics In Pt Symmetric Optical Lattices
Abstract
The possibility of parity-time (PT) symmetric periodic potentials is investigated within the context of optics. Beam dynamics in this new type of optical structures is examined in detail for both one- and two-dimensional lattice geometries. It is shown that PT periodic structures can exhibit unique characteristics stemming from the nonorthogonality of the associated Floquet-Bloch modes. Some of these features include double refraction, power oscillations, and eigenfunction unfolding as well as nonreciprocal diffraction patterns. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
Publication Date
3-13-2008
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
100
Issue
10
Number of Pages
-
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.103904
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
40849137868 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/40849137868
STARS Citation
Makris, K. G.; El-Ganainy, R.; Christodoulides, D. N.; and Musslimani, Z. H., "Beam Dynamics In Pt Symmetric Optical Lattices" (2008). Scopus Export 2000s. 10472.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/10472