Phase transition in multimode nonlinear parity-time-symmetric waveguide couplers

Parity-time-symmetric (-symmetric) optical waveguide couplers offer new possibilities for fast, ultracompact, configurable, all-optical signal processing. Here, we study nonlinear properties of finite-size multimode -symmetric couplers and predict the nonlinear oscillatory dynamics that can be contr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Walasik, Wiktor, Litchinitser, Natalia M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735683/