Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5495740 Annals of Physics 2017 15 Pages PDF
Abstract
In this work we study the nonreciprocal transport along two tight-binding chains which are connected by a single defect having an asymmetric non-Hermitian nonlinear off-diagonal coupling. The spectrum of transmission and reflection, the gain curve and the rectifying factor are analytically obtained using a backward iterative process. A set of discrete linear Schroedinger equations is used to model the wave propagation through the two Hermitian side chains, while a discrete nonlinear Ablowitz-Ladik equation governs their coupling by the single defect. We show that the emergence of a multistability window induced by the non-linear contribution, together with the biased transport promoted by a parity-breaking non-Hermiticity, generates an efficient rectification of the transmitted wave component.
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