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The domain ${\cal D}$ of all the coupling strengths compatible with the reality of the energies is studied for a family of non-Hermitian $N$ by $N$ matrix Hamiltonians $H^{(N)}$ with tridiagonal and ${\cal PT}-$symmetric structure. At all…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miloslav Znojil

We investigate the influence of chirality on the PT-symmetric and PT-broken phase of PT-symmetric chiral systems. Starting from the point that transverse magnetic (TM) and transverse electric (TE) waves have different exceptional points, we…

We discuss a PT-symmetric Hamiltonian with complex eigenvalues. It is based on the dimensionless Schr\"{o}dinger equation for a particle in a square box with the PT-symmetric potential $V(x,y)=iaxy$. Perturbation theory clearly shows that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Francisco M Fernández , Javier Garcia

Non-Hermitian systems with parity-time (PT) symmetric complex potentials can exhibit a phase transition when the degree of non-Hermiticity is increased. Two eigenstates coalesce at a transition point, which is known as the exceptional point…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-07 Kun Ding , Z. Q. Zhang , C. T. Chan

In this article, we consider an interesting class of optical and other systems in which the interaction or coupling makes the systems to be $\cal{PT}$-symmetric. We aim to compare their dynamical behaviors with that of the usual $\cal{PT}$…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-08-24 S. Karthiga , V. K. Chandrasekar , M. Senthilvelan , M. Lakshmanan

Large families of Hamiltonians that are non-Hermitian in the conventional sense have been found to have all eigenvalues real, a fact attributed to an unbroken PT symmetry. The corresponding quantum theories possess an unconventional scalar…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Zafar Ahmed , Carl M. Bender , M. V. Berry

We investigate branched PT-symmetric optical lattices. We consider both the linear and nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with a PT-symmetric periodic potential on the graph and solve them by imposing weighted vertex boundary conditions. A…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-01-07 O. K. Tojakhmadova , T. Akhmadjanov , M. E. Akramov

Coupled pair of PT-symmetric square wells is studied as a prototype of a quantum system characterized by two manifestly non-Hermitian commuting observables. We demonstrate that there exists a domain of couplings where both the respective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Miloslav Znojil

Exceptional points as branch singularities describe peculiar degeneracies of non-Hermitian systems that do not obey energy conservation. This work shows that exceptional points can emerge in a topological photonic system, for example, the…

Optics · Physics 2021-07-13 Junhua Dong , Chang-Yin Ji , Qingmei Hu , Bingsuo Zou , Yongyou Zhang

Parity-time-symmetric ($\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric) optical waveguide couplers offer a great potential for future applications in integrated optics. Studies of nonlinear $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric couplers present new possibilities for…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-19 Wiktor Walasik , Chicheng Ma , Natalia M. Litchinitser

We provide an explanation to the behaviour of the spectra of two exactly-solvable one-dimensional Hamiltonians with PT symmetry proposed earlier. We calculate the branch points at which pairs of eigenvalues coalesce and discuss the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-01 Francisco M. Fernández

We present the observation of diabolic points in Hermitian and non-Hermitian electronics dimers. The condition of unbreakable Parity-time symmetry is established for both PT-symmetric ZRC and RLC dimers. We show how appears non-Hermitian…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-05-25 Stéphane Boris Tabeu , Fernande Fotsa-Ngaffo , Aurélien Kenfack-Jiotsa

We investigate the dynamical behavior of continuous and discrete Schrodinger systems exhibiting parity-time (PT) invariant nonlinearities. We show that such equations behave in a fundamentally different fashion than their nonlinear…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-06-03 Amarendra K. Sarma , Mohammad-Ali Miri , Ziad H. Musslimani , Demetrios N. Christodoulides

While parity-time (PT)-symmetric systems can exhibit real spectra in the exact PT-symmetry regime, the PT-symmetry is actually not a necessary condition for the real spectra. Here we show that non-PT-symmetric photonic crystals carrying…

Optics · Physics 2019-12-24 Xiaohan Cui , Kun Ding , Jianwen Dong , C. T. Chan

We introduce a class of PT-symmetric systems which include mutually matched nonlinear loss and gain (inother words, a class of PT-invariant Hamiltonians in which both the harmonic and anharmonic parts are non-Hermitian). For a basic system…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Andrey E. Miroshnichenko , Boris A. Malomed , Yuri S. Kivshar

We prove the reality of the perturbed eigenvalues of some PT symmetric Hamiltonians of physical interest by means of stability methods. In particular we study 2-dimensional generalized harmonic oscillators with polynomial perturbation and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-01-21 Emanuela Caliceti , Francesco Cannata , Sandro Graffi

Parity-time (PT) symmetric systems have two distinguished phases, e.g., one with real energy eigenvalues and the other with complex conjugate eigenvalues. To enter one phase from the other, it is believed that the system must pass through…

Optics · Physics 2016-07-27 Li Ge

In a previous paper it was shown that a one-turning-point WKB approximation gives an accurate picture of the spectrum of certain non-Hermitian PT-symmetric Hamiltonians on a finite interval with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Potentials to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 Carl M. Bender , Hugh F. Jones

The subject of PT-symmetry and its areas of application have been blossoming over the past decade. Here, we consider a nonlinear Schr\"odinger model with a complex potential that can be tuned controllably away from being PT-symmetric, as it…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-01-26 J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , Y. Kominis

Parity-time-symmetric ($\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric) optical waveguide couplers have become a key component for integrated optics. They offer new possibilities for fast, ultracompact, configurable, all-optical signal processing. Here, we study…

Optics · Physics 2015-09-14 Wiktor Walasik , Natalia M. Litchinitser