Optical spectral singularities and coherent perfect absorption in a two-layer spherical medium

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2146, 2012, Pages 3224-3246

  Mostafazadeh, Ali ^a   Sarisaman, Mustafa ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antilaser; Coated spherical dye laser; Coherent perfect absorption; Complex potential; Spectral singularity; Zero width resonance

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DYE LASERS; GLASS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANTILASER; COMPLEX POTENTIALS; GAIN MATERIALS; GAIN MEDIUM; SPECTRAL GAP; SPECTRAL SINGULARITIES; SPHERICAL GLASS; THEORETICAL BASIS; THIN LAYERS; THRESHOLD GAIN; TIME-REVERSAL;

SPHERES;

EID: 84866361319     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0006     Document Type: Article

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