TY - JOUR
T1 - Symmetry breaking and restoring wave transmission in diode-antidiode double chains
AU - Lepri, Stefano
AU - Malomed, Boris A.
PY - 2013/4/4
Y1 - 2013/4/4
N2 - We introduce a system of two parallel-coupled discrete nonlinear Schrödinger inhomogeneous chains. Each one favors the unidirectional transmission of incident packets, in the opposite directions with respect to each other. Two different configurations of the diode-antidiode pair are considered, i.e., a ladder and a plaquette. They feature, respectively, the uniform transverse linear coupling or the coupling limited to the central nonlinear segment of the system. In the case of weak linear coupling, the symmetry breaking is observed (i.e., the pair still features the diode behavior), while the moderately strong coupling restores the symmetry, making the transmission effectively bidirectional. In the case of the ladder, an oscillatory dependence of the transmission on the strength of the coupling is observed and qualitatively explained.
AB - We introduce a system of two parallel-coupled discrete nonlinear Schrödinger inhomogeneous chains. Each one favors the unidirectional transmission of incident packets, in the opposite directions with respect to each other. Two different configurations of the diode-antidiode pair are considered, i.e., a ladder and a plaquette. They feature, respectively, the uniform transverse linear coupling or the coupling limited to the central nonlinear segment of the system. In the case of weak linear coupling, the symmetry breaking is observed (i.e., the pair still features the diode behavior), while the moderately strong coupling restores the symmetry, making the transmission effectively bidirectional. In the case of the ladder, an oscillatory dependence of the transmission on the strength of the coupling is observed and qualitatively explained.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.042903
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.042903
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AN - SCOPUS:84876712972
SN - 1539-3755
VL - 87
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 4
M1 - 042903
ER -