Observation of Asymmetric Transport in Structures with Active Nonlinearities
Observation of Asymmetric Transport in Structures with Active Nonlinearities
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.110.234101
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发表时间:
2013-06-04
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Kottos, T.
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作者:
Bender, N.;Factor, S.;Kottos, T.
A mechanism for asymmetric transport which is based on parity-time-symmetric nonlinearities is presented. We show that in contrast to the case of conservative nonlinearities, an increase of the complementary conductance strength leads to a simultaneous increase of asymmetry and transmittance intensity. We experimentally demonstrate the phenomenon using a pair of coupled Van der Pol oscillators as a reference system, each with complementary anharmonic gain and loss conductances, connected to transmission lines. An equivalent optical setup is also proposed.