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Zeno effect and switching of solitons in nonlinear couplers
The Zeno effect is investigated for soliton type pulses in a nonlinear directional coupler with dissipation. The effect consists in increase of the coupler transparency with increase of the dissipative losses in one of the arms. It is shown that localized dissipation can lead to switching of solitons between the arms.
Power losses accompanying the switching can be fully compensated by using a combination of dissipative and active (in particular, parity-time-symmetric) segments.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2011 |
Pages: | 4566-4568 |
ISSN: | 15394794 and 01469592 |
Types: | Preprint article and Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1364/OL.36.004566 |
ORCIDs: | Sørensen, Mads Peter |