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We introduce a one-dimensional PT-symmetric system, which includes the cubic self-focusing, a double-well potential in the form of an infinitely deep potential box split in the middle by a delta-functional barrier of an effective height…

Optics · Physics 2018-04-02 Zhaopin Chen , Yongyao Li , Boris A. Malomed

Dynamics of symmetric and antisymmetric 2-solitons and 3-solitons is studied in the model of the nonlinear dual-core coupler and its PT-symmetric version. Regions of the convergence of the injected perturbed symmetric and antisymmetric…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-05 R. Driben , B. A. Malomed

We study the families of nonlinear modes described by the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with the PT-symmetric harmonic potential $x^2-2i\alpha x$. The found nonlinear modes display a number of interesting features. In particular, we have…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2012-04-25 Dmitry A. Zezyulin , Vladimir V. Konotop

The $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry breaking threshold in discrete realizations of systems with balanced gain and loss is determined by the effective coupling between the gain and loss sites. In one dimensional chains, this threshold is maximum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-13 Kaustubh S. Agarwal , Rajeev K. Pathak , Yogesh N. Joglekar

We investigate the nonlinear parity-time (PT) symmetric coupler from a dynamical perspective. As opposed to linear PT-coupler where the PT threshold dictates the evolutionary characteristics of optical power in the two waveguides, in a…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-12-09 Jyoti Prasad Deka , Amarendra K. Sarma

We study the existence and stability of localized states in the two-dimensional (2D) nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS)/Gross-Pitaevskii equation with a symmetric four-well potential. Using a fourmode approximation, we are able to trace the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-13 C. Wang , G. Theocharis , P. G. Kevrekidis , N. Whitaker , K. J. H. Law , D. J. Frantzeskakis , B. A. Malomed

In this article, the non-Hermitian characteristics of three-dimensional PT-symmetric coupled electronic resonators are theoretically analyzed. First, the concept of non-Hermitian PT symmetry is illustrated in the context of electronics…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-11-04 Ke Yin , Kaihao Tang , Lu Tan , Saddam Ibrahim Dawalbait Bakhat , Tianyu Dong , Huacheng Zhu , Yang Yang

We prove the reality of the perturbed eigenvalues of some PT symmetric Hamiltonians of physical interest by means of stability methods. In particular we study 2-dimensional generalized harmonic oscillators with polynomial perturbation and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-01-21 Emanuela Caliceti , Francesco Cannata , Sandro Graffi

The standard $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric dimer is a linearly-coupled two-site discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with one site losing and the other one gaining energy at the same rate. We show that despite gain and loss, the standard…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-23 I. V. Barashenkov

We investigate PT -symmetry breaking transitions in a dimer comprising two LC oscillators, one with loss and the second with gain. The electric energy of this four-mode model oscillates between the two LC circuits, and between capacitive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-06 Tishuo Wang , Jianxiong Fang , Zhongyi Xie , Nenghao Dong , Yogesh N Joglekar , Zixin Wang , Jiaming Li , Le Luo

We introduce the notion of PT-symmetry in magnetic nanostructures and show that they can support a new type of non-Hermitian dynamics. Using the simplest possible set-up consisting of two coupled ferromagnetic films, one with loss and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-22 J. M. Lee , T. Kottos , B. Shapiro

In the present work, we combine the notion of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry with that of super-symmetry (SUSY) for a prototypical case example with a complex potential that is related by SUSY to the so-called P{\"o}schl-Teller potential which is…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-10-28 P. G. Kevrekidis , J. Cuevas-Maraver , A. Saxena , F. Cooper , A. Khare

${\mathcal PT}-$symmetric dimers with a time-periodic gain/loss function in a balanced configuration where the amount of gain equals that of loss are investigated analytically and numerically. Two prototypical dimers in the linear regime…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-07-19 Demetra Psiachos , Nikos Lazarides , G. P. Tsironis

The effect of PT-symmetry breaking in coupled systems with balanced gain and loss has recently attracted considerable attention and has been demonstrated in various photonic, electrical and mechanical systems in the classical regime. Here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-21 Julian Huber , Peter Kirton , Stefan Rotter , Peter Rabl

Non-Hermitian PT-symmetric quantum-mechanical Hamiltonians generally exhibit a phase transition that separates two parametric regions, (i) a region of unbroken PT symmetry in which the eigenvalues are all real, and (ii) a region of broken…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-11 Carl M. Bender , David J. Weir

The dynamics of two active nonlinear resonators coupled to a linear resonator is studied theoretically. Possible stationary states and its dynamical stability are considered in detail. The spontaneous symmetry breaking is found and it is…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-06 D. Dolinina , A. Yulin

This paper aims to provide various applications for second-order variational analysis of extended-real-valued piecewise liner functions recently obtained in [1]. We mainly focus here on establishing relationships between full stability of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-23 B. S. Mordukhovich , M. E. Sarabi

The inspiration for this theoretical paper comes from recent experiments on a PT-symmetric system of two coupled optical whispering galleries (optical resonators). The optical system can be modeled as a pair of coupled linear oscillators,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Carl M. Bender , Mariagiovanna Gianfreda

We consider the role of non-triviality resulting from a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian that conserves twofold PT-symmetry assembled by interconnections between a PT-symmetric lattice and its time reversal partner. Twofold PT-symmetry in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-05 Jung-Wan Ryu , Nojoon Myoung , Sungjong Woo , Ara Go , Sang-Jun Choi , Hee Chul Park

Two alternative scenarios are shown possible in Quantum Mechanics working with non-Hermitian $PT-$symmetric form of observables. While, usually, people assume that $P$ is a self-adjoint indefinite metric in Hilbert space (and that their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miloslav Znojil