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Parametric amplification and bidirectional invisibility in PT-symmetric time-Floquet systems

Koutserimpas, Theodoros  
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Alu, Andrea
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Fleury, Romain
2018
Physical Review A

Parity-time (PT)-symmetric wave devices, which exploit balanced interactions between material gain and loss, exhibit extraordinary properties, including lasing and flux-conserving scattering processes. In a seemingly different research field, periodically driven systems, also known as time-Floquet systems, have been widely studied as a relevant platform for reconfigurable active wave control and manipulation. In this article, we explore the connection between PT-symmetry and parametric time-Floquet systems. Instead of relying on material gain, we use parametric amplification by considering a time-periodic modulation of the refractive index at a frequency equal to twice the incident signal frequency. We show that the scattering from a simple parametric slab, whose dynamics follows the Mathieu equation, can be described by a PT-symmetric scattering matrix, whose PT-breaking threshold corresponds to the Mathieu instability threshold. By combining different parametric slabs modulated out of phase, we create PT-symmetric time-Floquet systems that feature exceptional scattering properties, such as coherent perfect absorption (CPA)-laser operation and bidirectional invisibility. These bidirectional properties, rare for regular PT-symmetric systems, are related to a compensation of parametric amplification due to multiple scattering between two parametric systems modulated with a phase difference.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.97.013839
Author(s)
Koutserimpas, Theodoros  
•
Alu, Andrea
•
Fleury, Romain
Date Issued

2018

Published in
Physical Review A
Volume

97

Issue

1

Article Number

013839

Subjects

PT symmetry

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