Scattering of partially coherent radiation by non-Hermitian localized structures having Parity-Time symmetry
arXiv:1908.00644 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.043822
Abstract
A theoretical model based on two-point scatterers is suggested to investigate scattering of partially coherent radiation by a non-Hermitian localized structure, invariant under the simultaneous symmetry operations of parity inversion and time reversal. Within the first-order Born approximation, and the formalism of classical coherence theory, the spectral density of the scattered field in the far zone is obtained analytically. We find that the unidirectional character of the scattered radiation, which is one of the principal effects present in non-Hermitian structures, may be suppressed due to the coherence properties of the radiation without changing the geometry of the structure. Asymmetric spectral changes of the scattered radiation due to the non-Hermitian character of the material are also observed.
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