Opt. Express · 2015

Soliton dynamics in a PT-symmetric optical lattice with a longitudinal potential barrier

Keya Zhou, Tingting Wei, Hai-Peng Sun, Yingji He, Shutian Liu

Nonlinear Optics

Abstract

We study spatial-soliton dynamics in a PT-symmetric optical lattice with a longitudinal potential barrier. A soliton develops transverse drift after passing through the barrier, while the gain-loss coefficient and lattice parameters control its bending angle and energy exchange.