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American Physical Society, Physical Review A, 1(84), 2011

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.84.012123

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

Journal article published in 2011 by Andrey E. Miroshnichenko ORCID, Boris A. Malomed, Yuri S. Kivshar
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Abstract

We introduce a class of PT-symmetric systems which include mutually matched nonlinear loss and gain (inother 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 a dimer, symmetric and asymmetric eigenstates, including multistable ones, are found analytically. We demonstrate that, if coupled to a linear chain, such a nonlinear PT-symmetric dimer generates new types of nonlinear resonances, with the completely suppressed or greatly amplified transmission, as well as a regime similar to the electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT). The implementation of the systems is possible in various media admitting controllable linear and nonlinear amplification of waves. ; Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures