Friday, April 13, 2012

1204.2701 (Ali Mostafazadeh et al.)

Perturbative Analysis of Spectral Singularities and Their Optical
Realizations
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Ali Mostafazadeh, Saber Rostamzadeh
We develop a perturbative method of computing spectral singularities of a Schreodinger operator defined by a general complex potential that vanishes outside a closed interval. These can be realized as zero-width resonances in optical gain media and correspond to a lasing effect that occurs at the threshold gain. Their time-reversed copies yield coherent perfect absorption of light that is also known as an antilaser. We use our general results to establish the exactness of the n-th order perturbation theory for an arbitrary complex potential consisting of n delta-functions, obtain an exact expression for the transfer matrix of these potentials, and examine spectral singularities of complex barrier potentials of arbitrary shape. In the context of optical spectral singularities, these correspond to inhomogeneous gain media.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2701

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