Spontaneous PT-symmetry breaking in lasing dynamics

Early studies of lasing in parity-time(PT)-symmetric systems typically make use of the adiabatic elimination of the medium polarization. Here, the authors present a theoretical investigation of a realistic scenario where a laser is coupled to a passive optical cavity and study PT symmetry breaking i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deshui Yu, Frank Vollmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00575-7