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In this paper, we study the properties of two-dimensional lattices in the presence of non-Hermitian disorder. In the context of coupled mode theory, we consider random gain-loss distributions on every waveguide channel (on site disorder).…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-03-16 A. F. Tzortzakakis , K. G. Makris , E. N. Economou

The aim of this paper is to illustrate both analytically and numerically the interplay of two fundamentally distinct non-Hermitian mechanisms in a deep subwavelength regime. Considering a parity-time symmetric system of one-dimensional…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-01 Habib Ammari , Silvio Barandun , Ping Liu , Alexander Uhlmann

Multi-mode interference (MMI) and self-imaging are important phenomena of diffractive wave optics with major applications in optical signal processing, beam shaping and optical sensing. Such phenomena generally arise from interference of…

Optics · Physics 2020-12-15 Stefano Longhi , Liang Feng

We investigate non-Hermitian elastic lattices characterized by non-local feedback control interactions. In one-dimensional lattices, we show that the proportional control interactions produce complex dispersion relations characterized by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Matheus I. N. Rosa , Massimo Ruzzene

A fundamental trade-off relation between the cross sectional confinement and propagation length of an arbitrary mode of a general waveguide is presented. This limit is a generalization of the well-known diffraction limit for guided modes.…

Optics · Physics 2014-11-18 Amir Arbabi , Ehsan Arbabi , Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

We study dispersion properties of TM-polarized electromagnetic waves guided by a multilayer graphene metamaterial. We demonstrate that both dispersion and localization of the guided modes can be efficiently controlled by changing the number…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-18 Daria Smirnova , Ivan Iorsh , Ilya Shadrivov , Yuri Kivshar

We study the energy propagation in subwavelength waveguides and demonstrate that the mechanism of material gain, previously suggested for loss compensation, is also a powerful tool to manipulate dispersion and propagation characteristics of…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander A. Govyadinov , Viktor A. Podolskiy

Guided-wave plasmonic circuits are promising platforms for sensing, interconnection, and quantum applications in the sub-diffraction regime. Nonetheless, the loss-confinement trade-off remains a collective bottleneck for plasmonic-enhanced…

Optics · Physics 2020-11-12 Charles Lin , Pohan Chang , Yiwen Su , Amr S Helmy

Pseudo-Hermitian operators can be used in modeling electromagnetic wave propagation in stationary lossless media. We extend this method to a class of non-dispersive anisotropic media that may display loss or gain. We explore three concrete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Mostafazadeh , G. Scolarici

We present a rigorous and quantum-consistent description of dispersive non-Hermitian optical bilayers in the framework of the canonical quantization scheme. Then we investigate the propagation of a normally incident squeezed coherent state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-19 Elnaz Pilehvar , Ehsan Amooghorban , Mohammad Kazem Moravvej-Farshi

We consider $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric ring-like arrays of optical waveguides with purely nonlinear gain and loss. Regardless of the value of the gain-loss coefficient, these systems are protected from spontaneous $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry…

Optics · Physics 2023-03-28 I V Barashenkov , Frank Smuts , Alexander Chernyavsky

Wave scattering structures with amplification and dissipation can be modelled by non-Hermitian systems, opening new ways to control waves at small length scales. In this work, we study the phenomenon of topologically protected edge states…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-11 Habib Ammari , Erik Orvehed Hiltunen

Due to the fundamental position of spin-orbit coupled ultracold atoms in the simulation of topological insulators, the gain/loss effects on these systems should be evaluated when considering the measurement or the coupling to the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-06-20 Zhi-Cong Xu , Ziyu Zhou , Enhong Cheng , Li-Jun Lang , Shi-Liang Zhu

Topological phases in spinless non-Hermitian models have been widely studied both theoretically and experimentally in some artificial materials using photonics, phononics and magnon. In this work, we investigate the interplay between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-23 Jia-Qi Cai , Qing-Yun Yang , Zheng-Yuan Xue , Ming Gong , Guang-Can Guo , Yong Hu

Here, extending our previous work on this topic, we derive a dynamic closed-form dispersion relation for a rigorous analysis of guided wave propagation along coupled parallel linear arrays of plasmonic nanoparticles, operating as optical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Andrea Alu , Pavel A. Belov , Nader Engheta

The fundamental guided electromagnetic dispersion characteristics in lossless dispersive metamaterial clad circular air hole waveguides are investigated. Two operating guided modes are found to exist: circular waveguide and surface plasmon…

Optics · Physics 2009-02-24 Ki Young Kim

Parity-time (PT) symmetry and broken in micro/nano photonic structures have been investigated extensively as they bring new opportunities to control the flow of light based on non-Hermitian optics. Previous studies have focused on the…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-20 Qi Zhang , Yun Ma , Qi Liu , Xinchen Zhang , Yali Jia , Limin Tong , Qihuang Gong , Ying Gu

The non-Hermitian skin effect is an intriguing physical phenomenon, in which all eigen-modes of a non-Hermitian lattice become localized at boundary regions. While such an exotic behavior has been demonstrated in various physical platforms,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-01-27 Mathieu Padlewski , Romain Fleury , Hervé Lissek

The phenomenon of a dispersion bandgap opening between low-loss spectral windows of odd and even plasmonic modes in a layered insulator-metal-insulator plasmonic waveguide is introduced. Beginning with a three layer plasmonic dispersion…

Optics · Physics 2017-02-27 Viacheslav Shaidiuk , Sergey Menabde , Namkyoo Park

One-dimensional structures of non-Hermitian plasmonic metallic nanospheres are studied in this paper. For a single sphere, solving Maxwell's equations results in quasi-stationary eigenmodes with complex quantized frequencies. Coupled mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-27 Amin Tayebi , Scott Rice