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Photonics Research
Vol. 6, Issue 4, A1 (2018)

Dispersive non-Hermitian optical heterostructures

O. V. Shramkova^1、*, K. G. Makris², D. N. Christodoulides³, and G. P. Tsironis^2、4、5

Author Affiliations

¹Research & Innovation, Technicolor R&D France, 975 avenue des Champs Blancs, 35576 Cesson-Sévigné, France

²CCQCN, Department of Physics, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 71003 Heraklion, Greece

³College of Optics & Photonics-CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA

⁴Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas, P.O. Box 1527, 71110 Heraklion, Greece

⁵National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Leninsky prosp. 4, Moscow 119049, Russia

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