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Photonics Research
Vol. 6, Issue 4, A18 (2018)

Bistable lasing in parity-time symmetric coupled fiber rings

Sergey V. Smirnov^1、*, Maxim O. Makarenko¹, Sergey V. Suchkov², Dmitry Churkin¹, and Andrey A. Sukhorukov²

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¹Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova Street, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

²Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

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Sergey V. Smirnov, Maxim O. Makarenko, Sergey V. Suchkov, Dmitry Churkin, Andrey A. Sukhorukov. Bistable lasing in parity-time symmetric coupled fiber rings[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(4): A18 Copy Citation Text

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Sergey V. Smirnov, Maxim O. Makarenko, Sergey V. Suchkov, Dmitry Churkin, Andrey A. Sukhorukov. Bistable lasing in parity-time symmetric coupled fiber rings[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(4): A18

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