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Spectral singularities appearing in parity-time (PT)-symmetric non-Hermitian optical systems have aroused a growing interest due to their new, exhilarating applications, such as bifurcation effects at exceptional points and the coexistence…

Optics · Physics 2019-09-16 Mehdi Hajizadegan , Pai-Yen Chen

We study the effect of gradual symmetry breaking in a non-integrable system on the level fluctuation statistics. We consider the case when the symmetry is represented by a quantum number that takes one of two possible values, so that the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Abd El-Hady , A. Y. Abul-Magd , M. H. Simbel

Resonant scattering of plane waves by a periodic slab under conditions close to those that support a guided mode is accompanied by sharp transmission anomalies. For two-dimensional structures, we establish sufficient conditions, involving…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-11-01 Stephen P. Shipman , Hairui Tu

Band structures of electrons in a periodic potential are well-known to host topologies that impact their behaviors at edges and interfaces. The concept however is more general than the single-electron setting. In this work, we consider…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-16 Luis Brey , H. A. Fertig

In the present work we propose a generalization of tunneling time in parity and time ($\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$)-symmetric systems. The properties of tunneling time in $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric systems are studied with a simple…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-03-03 Peng Guo , Vladimir Gasparian , Esther Jódar , Christopher Wisehart

This paper is devoted to the mathematical analysis of a time-domain electromagnetic scattering by periodic structures which are known as diffraction gratings. The scattering problem is reduced equivalently into an initial-boundary value…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-05 Yixian Gao , Peijun Li

We investigate the scattering properties of an anti-parity-symmetric non-Hermitian system. The anti-parity-symmetric scattering center possesses imaginary nearest-neighbor hoppings and real onsite potentials, it has been experimentally…

Optics · Physics 2018-09-30 L. Jin

Spatial and spectral properties of the pulsed second harmonic generation in a periodically-poled KTP waveguide exploiting simultaneously the first, second, and third harmonics of periodic nonlinear modulation are analyzed. Experimental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-30 Radek Machulka , Jiří Svozilík , Jan Soubusta , Jan Peřina , Ondřej Haderka

In wave chaotic scattering, statistical fluctuations of the scattering matrix $S$ and the impedance matrix $Z$ depend both on universal properties and on nonuniversal details of how the scatterer is coupled to external channels. This paper…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-15 Xing Zheng , Sameer Hemmady , Thomas M. Antonsen , Steven M. Anlage , Edward Ott

Evolution of periodic matter waves in one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates with time dependent scattering length is described. It is shown that variation of the effective nonlinearity is a powerful tool for controlled generation of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Kh. Abdullaev , A. M. Kamchatnov , V. V. Konotop , V. A. Brazhnyi

Synthetic nonconservative systems with parity-time (PT) symmetric gain-loss structures can exhibit unusual spontaneous symmetry breaking that accompanies spectral singularity. Recent studies on PT symmetry in optics and weakly interacting…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-06-12 Yuto Ashida , Shunsuke Furukawa , Masahito Ueda

The quantum interference between the fine structure states of an atom modifies the shapes of the emergent Stokes profiles in the Second Solar Spectrum. This phenomenon has been studied in great detail both in the presence and absence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 K. Sowmya , K. N. Nagendra , M. Sampoorna , J. O. Stenflo

It is well known that a particle in a periodic potential with an additional constant force performs Bloch oscillations. Modulating every second period of the potential, the original Bloch band splits into two subbands. The dynamics of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. M. Breid , D. Witthaut , H. J. Korsch

I review how methods from mesoscopic physics can be applied to describe the multiple wave scattering and complex wave dynamics in non-hermitian PT-symmetric resonators, where an absorbing region is coupled symmetrically to an amplifying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-04-18 Henning Schomerus

Bragg scattering in sinusoidal PT-symmetric complex crystals of finite thickness is theoretically investigated by the derivation of exact analytical expressions for reflection and transmission coefficients in terms of modified Bessel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Stefano Longhi

We study the elastodynamics of a periodic metastructure incorporating a defect pair that enforces a parity-time (PT) symmetry due to a judiciously engineered imaginary impedance elements - one having energy amplification (gain) and the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Yanghao Fang , Tsampikos Kottos , Ramathasan Thevamaran

We investigate the structural and spectral properties of deterministic aperiodic arrays designed from the statistically isotropic pinwheel tiling. By studying the scaling of the cumulative integral of its structure factor in combination…

Optics · Physics 2021-09-10 F. Sgrignuoli , L. Dal Negro

We have studied the quantum transmission properties of serial stub and loop structures. Throughout we have considered free electron networks and the scattering arises solely due to the geometric nature of the problem. The band formation in…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Singha Deo , A. M. Jayannavar

Complex quantum systems consisting of large numbers of strongly coupled states exhibit characteristic level repulsion, leading to a non-Poisson spacing distribution which can be described by Random Matrix Theory. Scattering resonances…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 Krzysztof Jachymski , Paul S. Julienne

A method of Parity-Time (PT)-symmetry analysis is introduced to study the high dimensional, complicated parameter space of drift wave instabilities. We show that spontaneous PT-symmetry breaking leads to the Ion Temperature Gradient (ITG)…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Hong Qin , Yichen Fu , Alexander S. Glasser , Asher Yahalom