PT-symmetric laser absorber

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Longhi, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT WAVES; CPA LASERS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; LASER ABSORBERS; LASER OSCILLATORS; LASING MEDIUM; LASING THRESHOLD; LOSSY MEDIUM; OPTICAL MEDIUM; PERFECT ABSORBER; RADIATION PATTERNS; SYMMETRY CONDITIONS; TIME-REVERSED;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ABSORPTION;

EID: 77956529123     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.031801     Document Type: Article

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