Abstract
We show that a multimode laser cavity when accompanied by an identical but lossy partner can lase at a single longitudinal mode. Our experimental results demonstrate this mode-selective effect in parity-time (PT) symmetric micro-rings lasers.
© 2014 Optical Society of America
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