Nonlinear localized modes in \(\mathcal{PT}\)-symmetric optical media with competing gain and loss

DOI10.1016/j.aop.2013.11.011zbMath1342.78037arXiv1306.5983MaRDI QIDQ530427

Bikashkali Midya, Rajkumar Roychoudhury

Publication date: 1 August 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5983

zbMATH Keywords

beam dynamics; \(\mathcal{PT}\)-symmetry; gain-loss; optical soliton

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35Q55: NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations)

78A60: Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics

35C08: Soliton solutions

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