# Controlling of blow-up responses by a nonlinear $\cal{PT}$ symmetric coupling

## TL;DR

This paper explores how nonlinear $ ext{PT}$ symmetric coupling in coupled waveguides can prevent blow-up responses and enable unidirectional light propagation, addressing key challenges in optical isolation and stability.

## Contribution

It introduces a nonlinear $ ext{PT}$ symmetric coupling mechanism that overcomes drawbacks of waveguide systems, with analysis based on integrable models and connection to stimulated Raman scattering.

## Key findings

- Nonlinear $ ext{PT}$ symmetric coupling prevents blow-up behavior.
- The model achieves unidirectional light transport.
- Analysis uses integrals of motion and particle in a potential analogy.

## Abstract

We investigate the dynamics of a coupled waveguide system with competing linear and nonlinear loss-gain profiles which can facilitate power saturation. We show the usefulness of the model in achieving unidirectional beam propagation. In this regard, the considered type of coupled waveguide system has two drawbacks, (i) difficulty in achieving perfect isolation of light in a waveguide and (ii) existence of blow-up type behavior for certain input power situations. We here show a nonlinear $\cal{PT}$ symmetric coupling that helps to overcome these two drawbacks. Such a nonlinear coupling has close connection with the phenomenon of stimulated Raman scattering. In particular, we have elucidated the role of this nonlinear coupling using an integrable $\cal{PT}$ symmetric situation. In particular, using the integrals of motion, we have reduced this coupled waveguide problem to the problem of dynamics of a particle in a potential. With the latter picture, we have clearly illustrated the role of the considered nonlinear coupling. The above $\cal{PT}$ symmetric case corresponds to a limiting form of a general equation describing the phenomenon of stimulated Raman scattering. We also point out the ability to transport light unidirectionally even in this general case.