https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11611-9
Regular Article
A variational solution to solitons in parity-time symmetric optical lattices
1
Department of Physics, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, 525000, Maoming, China
2
Laboratory of Photonic Information Technology, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, China
* e-mail: sumeihu@163.com
Received:
30
June
2016
Accepted:
25
June
2017
Published online:
1
September
2017
A variational technique is established to study the fundamental solitons in parity-time symmetric optical lattices. The variational results show that the fundamental solitons can exist in the semi-infinite gap. The variational method can be fit for the solitons whose real part of field is symmetrical or antisymmetrical. Following numerical simulations, the variational results are in good agreement with the numerical results.
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