Tunable spectral singularities: coherent perfect absorber and laser in an atomic medium

We propose a scheme for a coherent perfect absorber (CPA) and a laser in an atomic medium with gain and loss, obeying simultaneously a spectral singularity and a time-reversed spectral singularity, both occurring at different wavevectors (or frequencies). We term this system a CPA- and -laser and in...

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Main Authors: Chao Hang, Guoxiang Huang, Vladimir V Konotop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/8/085003