Abstract
We demonstrate that four-level atomic media provide a versatile platform for realizing parity-time (PT) symmetric optical potentials. The peculiar propagation dynamics emerging from such arrangements are examined both below and above the PT threshold.
© 2013 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Mohammad-Ali Miri, Hossein Hodaei, Matthias Heinrich, and Mercedeh Khajavikhan
FTu2E.1 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2014
Matthias Heinrich, Mohammad-Ali Miri, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, and Demetrios N. Christodoulides
CD_3_4 The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Europe) 2015
H. Ramezani, Z. Lin, T. Eichelkraut, T. Kottos, H. Cao, and D. N. Christodoulides
QMA3 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO:FS) 2011