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Exceptional points are spectral singularities where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors collapse onto a single mode, causing the system behavior to shift abruptly and making it highly responsive to even small perturbations. Although widely…

One of the most remarkable features that distinguish open systems from closed ones is the presence of exceptional points (EPs), where two or more eigenvectors of a non-Hermitian operator coalesce, accompanying the convergence of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Hao-Long Zhang , Pei-Rong Han , Fan Wu , Wen Ning , Zhen-Biao Yang , Shi-Biao Zheng

Physical systems with gain and loss can be described by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, which is degenerated at the exceptional points (EPs). Many new and unexpected features have been explored in the non-Hermitian systems with a great deal of…

Non-Hermitian systems at the exceptional point (EP) degeneracy are demonstrated to be highly sensitive to environmental perturbation. Here, we propose and theoretically investigate a novel multilayered heterostructure favoring double EPs…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-21 Jieun Yim , Han Zhao , Bikashkali Midya , Liang Feng

We propose a general class of open fermionic models where quadratic Liouvillians governing the dissipative dynamics feature exactly solvable higher-order exceptional points (EPs). Invoking the formalism of third quantization, we show that,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Mingtao Xu , Wei Yi

Resonances in open quantum systems depending on at least two controllable parameters can show the phenomenon of exceptional points (EPs), where not only the eigenvalues but also the eigenvectors of two or more resonances coalesce. Their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-14 Patrick Egenlauf , Patric Rommel , Jörg Main

In the present paper, first the mathematical basic properties of the exceptional points are discussed. Then, their role in the description of real physical quantum systems is considered. Most interesting value is the phase rigidity of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-03 Ingrid Rotter

Minimal, open quantum systems that are governed by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians have been realized across multiple platforms in the past two years. Here we investigate the dynamics of open systems with Hermitian or anti-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 Akhil Kumar , Kater W. Murch , Yogesh N. Joglekar

A numerical algorithm is proposed to explore in a systematic way the trajectories of the eigenvalues of non-Hermitian matrices in the parametric space and exploit this in order to find the locations of defective eigenvalues in the complex…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-04-08 Benoit Nennig , Emmanuel Perrey-Debain

Standard exceptional points (EPs) are non-Hermitian degeneracies that occur in open systems. At an EP, the Taylor series expansion becomes singular and fails to converge -- a feature that was exploited for several applications. Here, we…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-03-25 M. Sakhdari , M. Hajizadegan , Q. Zhong , D. N. Christodoulides , R. El-Ganainy , P. -Y. Chen

A numerical algorithm is proposed to deal with parametric eigenvalue problems involving non-Hermitian matrices and is exploited to find location of defective eigenvalues in the parameter space of non-Hermitian parametric eigenvalue…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Benoit Nennig , Martin Ghienne , Emmanuel Perrey-Debain

The appearance of topological singularities, namely exceptional points (EPs) is an intriguing feature of parameter-dependent open quantum or wave systems. EPs are the special type of nonHermitian degeneracies where two (or more) eigenstates…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-18 Sayan Bhattacherjee , Arnab Laha , Somnath Ghosh

The most intriguing properties of non-Hermitian systems are found near the exceptional points (EPs) at which the Hamiltonian matrix becomes defective. Due to the complex topological structure of the energy Riemann surfaces close to an EP…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-06-19 Xu-Lin Zhang , Shubo Wang , Bo Hou , C. T. Chan

There has been debate around applicability of exceptional points (EP) for quantum sensing. To resolve this, we first explore how to experimentally implement the nonhermitian non-diagonalizable Hamiltonians, that exhibit EPs, in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-15 Chetan Waghela , Shubhrangshu Dasgupta

The defining characteristic of an exceptional point (EP) in the parameter space of a family of operators is that upon encircling the EP eigenstates are permuted. In case one encircles multiple EPs, the question arises how to properly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 Eric J. Pap , Daniël Boer , Holger Waalkens

Exceptional points (EPs) are exotic degeneracies of non-Hermitian systems, where the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvectors simultaneously coalesce in parameter space, and these degeneracies are sensitive to tiny perturbations on…

A special kind of degeneracies known as the exceptional points (EPs), for resonant states on a dielectric periodic slab, are investigated. Due to their unique properties, EPs have found important applications in lasing, sensing,…

Optics · Physics 2018-06-20 Amgad Abdrabou , Ya Yan Lu

Non-Hermitian systems can manifest rich static and dynamical properties at their exceptional points (EPs). Here, we identify yet another class of distinct phenomena that is hinged on EPs, namely, the emergence of a series of non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Zuo Wang , Liang He

We have investigated the exceptional points (EPs) which are degeneracies of a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, in the case that three modes are interacting with each other. Even though the parametric evolution of the modes cannot be uniquely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jung-Wan Ryu , Soo-Young Lee , Sang Wook Kim

The problem of model discriminability and parameter identifiability for dephasing two-level systems subject to Hamiltonian control is studied. Analytic solutions of the Bloch equations are used to derive explicit expressions for observables…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-16 Erling Gong , Weiwei Zhou , Sophie Schirmer