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Narrow linewidth is a long-pursuing goal in precision measurement and sensing. We propose a parity-time (PT )-symmetric feedback method to narrow the linewidths of resonance systems. By using a quadrature measurement-feedback loop, we…

Optics · Physics 2023-05-18 Yuanjiang Tang , Chao Liang , Xin Wen , Weipeng Li , An-Ning Xu , Yong-Chun Liu

The relevance of parity and time reversal (PT)-symmetric structures in optical systems is known for sometime with the correspondence existing between the Schrodinger equation and the paraxial equation of diffraction where the time parameter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-21 Bijan Bagchi , Subhrajit Modak , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

Many new possibilities to observe and use novel physical effects are discovered at so called exceptional points (EPs). This is done by using parity-time (PT) -symmetric non-Hermitian systems and balancing gains and losses. When combined…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-03-06 Jianlan Xie , Shaohua Dong , Bei Yan , Yuchen Peng , Jianjun Liu , Chengwei Qiu , Shuangchun Wen

We propose a mechanism for realization of exact control of parity-time (PT) symmetry by using a periodically modulated nonlinear optical coupler with balanced gain and loss. It is shown that for certain appropriately chosen values of the…

Optics · Physics 2016-10-26 Baiyuan Yang , Xiaobing Luo , QiangLin Hu , XiaoGuang Yu

We study spectral and transport properties of one-dimensional tight-binding $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric chains with alternating couplings. Based on the transfer matrix method, we have analytically developed the expressions for the transmission…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-04-02 Moreno-Rodríguez L. A. , Izrailev F. M. , Méndez-Bermúdez J. A

In a previous manuscript we addressed the possibility of generating a reflection in a region of spacetime inside a null surface under electromagnetic gauge transformations. In this manuscript we will deal with the possibility of full…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-05 Alcides Garat

Implementation of a parity-time (PT) symmetric microwave photonic system in the optical wavelength space with spatial singularity is proposed. In the proposed PT-symmetric microwave photonic system, the gain and loss modes are confined in a…

We extend the definition of generalized parity $P$, charge-conjugation $C$ and time-reversal $T$ operators to nondiagonalizable pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians, and we use these generalized operators to describe the full set of symmetries of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Blasi , G. Scolarici , L. Solombrino

We theoretically and numerically report on tunable elastic Parity-Time (PT) symmetric structure based on shunted piezoelectric units. We show that the elastic loss and gain can be archived in piezoelectric materials when they are shunted by…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 Zhilin Hou , Badreddine Assouar

Non-Hermitian photonic systems are known to exhibit unique phenomena, where non-Hermiticity is typically introduced by material loss or gain. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate unidirectional phenomena solely based on…

PT-symmetric quantum mechanics is an alternative formulation of quantum mechanics in which the mathematical axiom of Hermiticity (transpose and complex conjugate) is replaced by the physically transparent condition of space-time reflection…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Huai-Xin Cao , Zhi-Hua Guo , Zheng-Li Chen

Nonlinear parity-time (PT) symmetry in non-Hermitian wireless power transfer (WPT) systems, while attracting significant attention from both physics and engineering communities, have posed formidable theoretical and practical challenges due…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-08-01 Xianglin Hao , Xiaosheng Wang , ke Yin , Sheng Ren , Chaoqiang Jiang , Jianlong Zou , Tianyu Dong , Chi Kong Tse

Coherent control of wave transmission and reflection is crucial for applications in communication, imaging, and sensing. However, many practical scenarios involve partially coherent waves rather than fully coherent ones. We present a…

Optics · Physics 2024-08-13 Cheng Guo , Shanhui Fan

We report on observation of the time reversal symmetry breaking in unpolarized neutrons scattering experiment. Neutron transmittivity through the system consisting of two magnetic mirrors placed in an external magnetic field is measured.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-26 D. A. Tatarskiy , A. V. Petrenko , S. N. Vdovichev , O. G. Udalov , Yu. V. Nikitenko , A. A. Fraerman

The concept of parity-time (PT) symmetry originates from the framework of quantum mechanics, where if the Hamiltonian operator satisfies the commutation relation with the parity and time operators, it shows all real eigen-energy spectrum.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Wei-Chao Gao , Chao Zheng , Lu Liu , Tiejun Wang , Chuan Wang

The understanding of out-of-equilibrium physics, especially dynamic instabilities and dynamic phase transitions, is one of the major challenges of contemporary science, spanning the broadest wealth of research areas that range from quantum…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-10-09 Alexey Galda , Valerii M. Vinokur

PT-symmetric systems can have a real spectrum even when their Hamiltonian is non-hermitian, but develop a complex spectrum when the degree of non-hermiticity increases. Here we utilize random-matrix theory to show that this spontaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-24 Henning Schomerus

Non-Hermitian systems based on parity-time (PT) symmetry reveal rich physics beyond the Hermitian regime. So far, realizations of PT-symmetric systems have been limited to the spatial domain. Here we theoretically and experimentally…

Optics · Physics 2020-02-12 Fangxing Zhang , Yaming Feng , Li Ge , Wenjie Wan

Gauging and duality transformations, two of the most useful tools in many-body physics, are shown to be equivalent up to constant depth quantum circuits in the case of one-dimensional quantum lattice models. This is demonstrated by making…

We study $N=2$ supersymmetric $SU(2)/U(1)$ and $SL(2,R)/U(1)$ gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten models. It is shown that the vector gauged model is transformed to the axial gauged model by a mirror transformation. Therefore the vector gauged model…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Tomomi Muto