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Symmetry breaking in laser cavities

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The ability to invoke and switch between asymmetric lasing states in two coupled cavities built in a nonlinear photonic crystal creates opportunities for a new form of optical memory.

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Figure 1: The simplest example of the double-well potential structure in quantum mechanics.
Figure 2: Pitchfork-bifurcation diagrams.

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Malomed, B. Symmetry breaking in laser cavities. Nature Photon 9, 287–289 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.66

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