Critical states embedded in the continuum

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/17/1/013003zbMATH Open1455.81027arXiv1406.1860OpenAlexW2763033716WikidataQ62590876 ScholiaQ62590876MaRDI QIDQ3387589FDOQ3387589

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Publication date: 13 January 2021

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce a class of critical states which are embedded in the continuum (CSC) of one-dimensional optical waveguide array with one non-Hermitian defect. These states are at the verge of being fractal and have real propagation constant. They emerge at a phase transition which is driven by the imaginary refractive index of the defect waveguide and it is accompanied by a mode segregation which reveals analogies with the Dicke super -radiance. Below this point the states are extended while above they evolve to exponentially localized modes. An addition of a background gain or loss can turn these localized states to bound states in the continuum.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.1860

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zbMATH Keywords

analogies with Dicke super-radiance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Antennas, waveguides in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A50) Quantum dots, waveguides, ratchets, etc. (81Q37) Quantum waveguides, quantum wires (82D77)

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