Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 5, 0519002(2024)

Symmetry Breaking of Partially PT-Symmetric Solitons in Fractional Diffraction Systems

Yuanbo Zhai1, Rujiang Li2, and Pengfei Li1,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi , China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Antennas and Microwave Technology, Xidian University, Xi an 710071, Shaanxi , China
  • 3Institute of Computational and Applied Physics, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi , China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Oct. 18, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 29, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 19, 2024

    The Author Email: Li Pengfei (lipf@tynu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231673

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