Observation of PT-symmetry breaking in complex optical potentials

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Guo, A ^a   Salamo, G J ^a   Duchesne, D ^b   Morandotti, R ^b   Volatier Ravat, M ^c   Aimez, V ^c   Siviloglou, G A ^d   Christodoulides, D N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX OPTICAL POTENTIAL; HERMITIANS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; TIME REQUIREMENTS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOTRANSISTORS;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 69449088133     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.093902     Document Type: Article

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