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Nonlinearly PT-symmetric systems: Spontaneous symmetry breaking and transmission resonances

Date

Authors

Malomed, Boris A

Miroshnichenko, Andrey

Kivshar, Yuri

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

We consider a class of PT-symmetric systems which include mutually matched nonlinear loss and gain (in other words, a class of PT-invariant Hamiltonians in which both the harmonic and anharmonic parts are non-Hermitian). For a basic system in the form of

Keywords

Keywords: Anharmonic; Basic systems; Eigenstates; Electromagnetically induced transparency; Linear chain; Multistable; Nonlinear amplification; Nonlinear Fano resonance; Nonlinear loss; Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Transmission resonance; Resonance; Hamiltonians

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/56168

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.84.012123

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