Lei Chen and Keng C. Chou*
Author Affiliations
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canadashow less
Fig. 1. (a) Representative PCF structure and (b) its dominant core and cladding eigenmodes. (c) Equivalent two-core fiber and (d) its eigenmodes.
Fig. 2. (a) Real and (b) imaginary parts of n+ and n− as functions of Im(nd)/|G| obtained from the theory (solid lines) and the FEM simulation (dashed lines).
Fig. 3. Eigenvalues of the coupled system n+ (blue) and n− (red) as functions of the wavelength (λ) with Im(nd)/|G| of (a) 0.25 (dashed) and −0.25 (solid), (b) 1 (dashed) and −1 (solid), and (c) 1.5 (dashed) and −1.5 (solid), respectively.
Fig. 4. Transmission spectra obtained by (a), (d) the conventional formulism, (b), (e) the quantum formulism, and (c), (f) the BPM simulation with Im(nd)/|G| of (a)–(c) 0.25 and (d)–(f) 0. Color map scales are independent.
Fig. 5. Transmission spectrum as a function of the propagation length with Im(nd)/|G| of (a) −0.25 and (d) 0.25, (b) −1 and (e) 1, and (c) −1.5 and (f) 1.5, respectively.
Fig. 6. Eigenmode overlap factor at the phase matching point (1.55 μm).
Fig. 7. Phase diagram in a λ versus Im(nd)/|G| plot. The blue region indicates a PT-symmetry phase, and the orange region indicates a PT-symmetry-breaking phase.