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Exceptional points (EPs) promise revolutionary control over quantum light-matter interactions. Here, we experimentally demonstrate flexible and reversible engineering of quantum vacuum fluctuation in an integrated microcavity supporting…

We identify a new kind of physically realizable exceptional point (EP) corresponding to degenerate coherent perfect absorption, in which two purely incoming solutions of the wave operator for electromagnetic or acoustic waves coalesce to a…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-12 William R. Sweeney , Chia Wei Hsu , Stefan Rotter , A. Douglas Stone

An interplay of an exotic quantum holonomy and exceptional points is examined in one-dimensional Bose systems. The eigenenergy anholonomy, in which Hermitian adiabatic cycle induces nontrivial change in eigenenergies, can be interpreted as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-16 Atushi Tanaka , Nobuhiro Yonezawa , Taksu Cheon

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 classical and open quantum systems near an exceptional point (EP) are known to undergo strong deviations in their dynamical behavior under small perturbations or slow cycling of parameters as compared to Hermitian systems.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-19 Stefano Longhi

We study the connection between exceptional points (EPs) and optimal parameter estimation, in a simple system consisting of two counter-propagating traveling wave modes in a microring resonator. The unknown parameter to be estimated is the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Robert L. Cook , Liwen Ko , K. Birgitta Whaley

Non-Hermitian systems hosting exceptional points (EPs) exhibit signal enhancement and unconventional mode dynamics. Going beyond isolated EPs, here we report on the existence of exceptional rings (ERs) in planar optical resonators with…

The fundamental active photonic dimer consisting of two coupled quantum well lasers is investigated in the context of the rate equation model. Spectral transition properties and exceptional points are shown to occur under general…

Optics · Physics 2017-11-22 Yannis Kominis , Vassilios Kovanis , Tassos Bountis

Exceptional points (EPs) has seen substantial advances in both experiment and theory. However, in quantum systems, higher-order exceptional points remain of great interest and possess numerous intriguing properties yet to be fully explored.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-01-22 Yu-Jun Liu , Ka Kwan Pak , Peng Ren , Mengbo Guo , Entong Zhao , Chengdong He , Gyu-Boong Jo

In contrast to Hermitian systems, eigenstates of non-Hermitian ones are in general nonorthogonal. This feature is most pronounced at exceptional points where several eigenstates are linearly dependent. In this work we show that near this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-23 Alexander A. Zyablovsky , Evgeny S. Andrianov , Alexander A. Pukhov

Non-Hermitian systems display remarkable response effects that reflect a variety of distinct spectral scenarios, such as exceptional points where the eigensystem becomes defective. However, present frameworks treat the different scenarios…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-12 Subhajyoti Bid , Henning Schomerus

The correspondence between exotic quantum holonomy that occurs in families of Hermitian cycles, and exceptional points (EPs) for non-Hermitian quantum theory is examined in quantum kicked tops. Under a suitable condition, an explicit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-09 Atushi Tanaka , Sang Wook Kim , Taksu Cheon

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

Non-Hermitian physics has emerged as a rich field of study, with applications ranging from $PT$-symmetry breaking and skin effects to non-Hermitian topological phase transitions. Yet most studies remain restricted to small-scale or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 Xiao-Ming Zhang , Yukun Zhang , Wenhao He , Xiao Yuan

In non-Hermitian systems, the defective band degeneracies, so-called exceptional points (EPs), can form robust exceptional lines (ELs) in 3D momentum space in the absence of any symmetries. Here, we show that a natural orientation can be…

Optics · Physics 2022-12-13 Ruo-Yang Zhang , Xiaohan Cui , Wen-Jie Chen , Zhao-Qing Zhang , C. T. Chan

Estimating the eigenvalues of non-normal matrices is a foundational problem with far-reaching implications, from modeling non-Hermitian quantum systems to analyzing complex fluid dynamics. Yet, this task remains beyond the reach of standard…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Yukun Zhang , Yusen Wu , Xiao Yuan

Exceptional points are special degeneracy points in parameter space that can arise in (effective) non-Hermitian Hamiltonians describing open quantum and wave systems. At an n-th order exceptional point, n eigenvalues and the corresponding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-23 Daniel Grom , Julius Kullig , Malte Röntgen , Jan Wiersig

Dissipation usually plays a negative role in quantum metrological technologies, which aim to improve measurement precision by leveraging quantum effects that are vulnerable to environment-induced decoherence. Recently, it has been…

Non-Hermitian systems have recently shown new possibilities to manipulate wave scattering by exploiting loss, yet coherent perfect absorption at an exceptional point (CPA EP) remains elusive in acoustics. Here we demonstrate it based on a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-06-06 Yi-Fei Xia , Zi-Xiang Xu , Yu-Ting Yan , An Chen , Jing Yang , Bin Liang , Jian-Chun Cheng , Johan Christensen

The Hamilton operator of an open quantum system is non-Hermitian. Its eigenvalues are, generally, complex and provide not only the energies but also the lifetimes of the states of the system. The states may couple via the common environment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-17 Hichem Eleuch , Ingrid Rotter