Wang, KaiSuchkov, SergeyTitchener, JamesWeimann, S.Christodoulides, Demetrios N.Szameit, A.Sukhorukov, Andrey2019-04-16May 13-18978-1-943580-42-2http://hdl.handle.net/1885/160375We predict a periodic variation of the coherence between optical modes in parity-time symmetric photonic structures, and demonstrate experimentally reversible purification of fully spatially incoherent input light state propagating along coupled conservative and lossy waveguides. © 2018 OSA.application/pdfen-AUManipulation and detection of optical coherence in non-conservative PT photonic structures201810.1364/CLEO_QELS.2018.FM4E.12019-03-12