Nonlinear currents in a ring-shaped waveguide with balanced gain and dissipation

Abstract

We describe linear and nonlinear modes in a ring-shaped waveguide with localized gain and dissipation modeled by two Dirac $\delta$ functions located symmetrically. The strengths of the gain and dissipation are equal, i.e., the system obeys the parity-time symmetry. This configuration describes atomic Bose-Einstein condensates with local loading and local elimination of atoms, polaritonic condensates, or optical ring resonators with local pump and absorption. We discuss the linear spectrum of such a system and show if the location of the $\delta$ functions is slightly asymmetric, then the system can be driven through a series of exceptional points by the change of the gain-and-loss coefficient. In the nonlinear case, the system admits solutions with spatially constant and periodic densities which are presented in the exact analytical form. These solutions are supported by the current directed from the gain potential towards the absorbing potential. The system also admits currentless solutions. Stability and bifurcations of nonlinear solutions are also described.

11 pages, 9 figures; accepted to Phys. Rev. A

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