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Intrinsic wavelet transforms and wavelet estimation methods are introduced for curves in the non-Euclidean space of Hermitian positive definite matrices, with in mind the application to Fourier spectral estimation of multivariate stationary…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-11-12 Joris Chau , Rainer von Sachs

While non-Hermitian Hamiltonians have been experimentally realized in cold atom systems, it remains an outstanding open question of how to experimentally measure their complex energy spectra in momentum space for a realistic system with…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-08-30 Kai Li , Yong Xu

A broad-band reflectionless channel which supports unidirectional wave propagation originating from the interplay between gyrotropic elements and symmetrically placed gain and loss constituents is proposed. Interchange of the active…

Optics · Physics 2013-03-06 J. M. Lee , Z. Lin , H. Ramezani , F. M. Ellis , V. Kovanis , I. Vitebskiy , T. Kottos

Non-Hermitian dynamics in quantum systems have unveiled novel phenomena, yet the implementation of valid non-Hermitian quantum measurement remains a challenge, because a universal quantum projective mechanism on the complete but skewed…

Non-Hermitian systems exploiting the synergy between gain and loss have recently become the focus of interest to discover novel physical phenomena. The spatial symmetry breaking in such systems allows tailoring the wave propagation at will.…

Optics · Physics 2020-10-14 W. W. Ahmed , R. Herrero , M. Botey , Y. Wu , K. Staliunas

In recent years, particular physical phenomena enabled by non-Hermitian metamaterial systems have attracted significant research interests. In this paper, a non-Hermitian three-dimensional metamaterial near the exceptional point (EP) is…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-01-24 Yanjie Wu , Ding Zhang , Qiuyu Li , Hai Lin , Xintong Shi , Jie Xiong , Haoquan Hu , Jing Tian , Bian Wu , Y. Liu

Exploring the deep insights into localization, disorder, and wave transport in non-Hermitian systems is an emergent area of research of relevance in different areas of physics. Engineered photonic lattices, with spatial regions of optical…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-10 Stefano Longhi

High-precision sensors are of fundamental importance in modern society and technology.Although numerous sensors have been developed, obtaining sensors with higher levels of sensitivity and stronger robustness has always been expected. Here,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-12 Wenyuan Deng , Wei Zhu , Tian Chen , Houjun Sun , Xiangdong Zhang

Non-Hermitian physics has unlocked a wealth of unconventional wave phenomena beyond the reach of Hermitian systems, with exceptional points (EPs) driving enhanced sensitivity, nonreciprocal transport, and topological behavior unique to…

Using transfer-matrix methods, we investigate the response of a multilayered metamaterial system containing defects to an incident acoustic plane wave at normal or oblique incidence. The transmission response is composed of pass-bands with…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-06-28 D. Psiachos , M. M. Sigalas

We examine the notion and properties of the non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonian of an unstable system using as an example potential resonance scattering with a fixed angular momentum. We present a consistent self-adjoint formulation of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. V. Savin , V. V. Sokolov , H. -J. Sommers

Spectral singularities and the coherent perfect absorption are two interrelated concepts that have originally been introduced and studied for linear waves interacting with complex potentials. In the meantime, the distinctive asymptotic…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-10-22 Dmitry A. Zezyulin , Vladimir V. Konotop

An interferometric technique is proposed for determining the spatial forms of the individual degrees of freedom through which a many body system can absorb energy from its environment. The method separates out the coherent excitations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-30 S. Withington , C. N. Thomas , D. J. Goldie

Wave turbulence describes the long-time statistical behavior of out-of-equilibrium systems composed of weakly interacting waves. Non-Hermitian media ranging from open quantum systems to active materials can sustain wave propagation in…

Non-hermiticity presents a vast newly opened territory that harbors new physics and applications such as lasing and sensing. However, only non-Hermitian systems with real eigenenergies are stable, and great efforts have been devoted in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-10-25 Russell Yang , Jun Wei Tan , Tommy Tai , Jin Ming Koh , Linhu Li , Stefano Longhi , Ching Hua Lee

Certain non-Hermitian systems exhibit the skin effect, whereby the wavefunctions become exponentially localized at one edge of the system. Such exponential amplification of wavefunction has received significant attention due to its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Haowei Xu , Uroš Delić , Guoqing Wang , Changhao Li , Paola Cappellaro , Ju Li

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians enrich quantum physics by extending conventional phase diagrams, enabling novel topological phenomena, and realizing exceptional points with potential applications in quantum sensing. Here, we present an…

A chain of harmonic oscillators with nonreciprocal coupling exhibits characteristic amplification behavior that serves as a classical analog of the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE). We extend this concept of nonreciprocal amplification to…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-21 Luekai Zhao , Bojun Li , Nariya Uchida

We demonstrate the emergence of an entire flat band embedded in dispersive bands at the exceptional point of a PT symmetric photonic lattice. For this to occur, the gain and loss parameter effectively alters the size of the partial flat…

Optics · Physics 2017-07-12 Hamidreza Ramezani

A non-Hermitian PT-symmetric system can have full real spectrum but does not ensure probability preserving time evolution, in contrast to that of a Hermitian system. We present a non-Hermitian two-band model, which is comprised of dimerized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-07 W. H. Hu , L. Jin , Y. Li , Z. Song