Title
Symmetries In Optics
Abstract
Two important classes of symmetries are investigated within the framework of optics; parity-time (PT) symmetry and supersymmetry (SUSY). It is shown that PT-symmetric optical structures can exhibit interesting properties which are otherwise unattainable in Hermitean systems. Floquet-Bloch analysis of periodic PT-symmetric potentials is presented and mode selection property of PTsymmetric laser systems is discussed. Additionally, notions from supersymmetry are applied to one- and two-dimensional optical structures in order to explore novel applications based on the design of systems that exhibit similar guided mode and scattering characteristics. Such devices can be exploited for selective mode filtering applications.
Publication Date
5-17-2016
Publication Title
Frontiers in Modern Optics
Number of Pages
123-136
Document Type
Article; Book Chapter
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.3254/978-1-61499-647-7-123
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
85014026473 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85014026473
STARS Citation
Christodoulides, D.; Serna-Otalvaro, S.; and Wittek, S., "Symmetries In Optics" (2016). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 3776.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/3776