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Bistable lasing in parity-time symmetric coupled fiber rings. / Smirnov, Sergey V.; Makarenko, Maxim O.; Suchkov, Sergey V. et al.
In: Photonics Research, Vol. 6, No. 4, 01.04.2018, p. A18-A22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Bistable lasing in parity-time symmetric coupled fiber rings
AU - Smirnov, Sergey V.
AU - Makarenko, Maxim O.
AU - Suchkov, Sergey V.
AU - Churkin, Dmitry
AU - Sukhorukov, Andrey A.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - We propose a parity-time (PT) symmetric fiber laser composed of two coupled ring cavities with gains and losses, which operates both in PT-symmetric and symmetry-broken regimes depending on the static phase shifts. We perform analytical and numerical analysis by the transfer matrix method taking into account gain saturation and predict laser bistability in the PT-symmetric regime in contrast to a symmetry-broken single-mode operation. In the PT-broken regime, the generation power counterintuitively increases with an increase of the cavity losses.
AB - We propose a parity-time (PT) symmetric fiber laser composed of two coupled ring cavities with gains and losses, which operates both in PT-symmetric and symmetry-broken regimes depending on the static phase shifts. We perform analytical and numerical analysis by the transfer matrix method taking into account gain saturation and predict laser bistability in the PT-symmetric regime in contrast to a symmetry-broken single-mode operation. In the PT-broken regime, the generation power counterintuitively increases with an increase of the cavity losses.
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UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045006581&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1364/PRJ.6.000A18
DO - 10.1364/PRJ.6.000A18
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85045006581
VL - 6
SP - A18-A22
JO - Photonics Research
JF - Photonics Research
SN - 2327-9125
IS - 4
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