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Bloch oscillations in complex crystals with PT symmetry

Other Condensed Matter 2010-01-08 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

Bloch oscillations (BO) in complex lattices with PT symmetry are theoretically investigated with specific reference to optical BO in photonic lattices with gain/loss regions. Novel dynamical phenomena with no counterpart in ordinary lattices, such as non-reciprocal BO related to violation of the Friedel's law of Bragg scattering in complex potentials, are highlighted.

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@article{arxiv.1001.0981,
  title  = {Bloch oscillations in complex crystals with PT symmetry},
  author = {S. Longhi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.0981},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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