Abstract
We study the general scattering properties of balanced gain/loss (PT-symmetric) optical structures, without restriction to the paraxial approximation. The scattering eigenstates exhibit a PT-symmetry breaking transition, with experimentally accessible consequences.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
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