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Non-hermitian, $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Hamiltonians, experimentally realized in optical systems, accurately model the properties of open, bosonic systems with balanced, spatially separated gain and loss. We present a family of exactly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-17 Kaustubh S. Agarwal , Rajeev K. Pathak , Yogesh N. Joglekar

In superconductor-semiconductor hybrids, applying a magnetic field closes a trivial bulk gap and causes a topological phase transition (TPT), resulting in the emergence of Majorana zero modes at both ends of the wires. However, trivial…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-11-06 Takeshi Mizushima , Yukio Tanaka , Jorge Cayao

The intrinsic dissipation of systems into a shared reservoir introduces coherence between two systems, enabling anti-Parity-Time (anti-PT) symmetry. In this paper, we propose an anti-PT symmetric converter, consisting of a microwave cavity…

As photonic systems progress toward enhanced miniaturization, dynamic reconfigurability, and improved energy efficiency, a central challenge endures: the accurate and independent control of optical losses and resonant properties on…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-30 Shahab Ramezanpour , Amr Helmy

We propose a quantum beam splitter (QBS) with tunable reflection and transmission coefficients. More importantly, our device based on a Hermitian parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric system enables the generation and manipulation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-16 Li-Ping Yang , Yue Chang

We demonstrate that the violation of the time-reversal (TR) symmetry in the presence of a gyromagnetic substrate can produce an analog of electromagnetically induced transparency in metallic meta-molecules. The simplest implementation of…

We study theoretically the quantum optical properties of hybrid molecules composed of an individual quantum dot and a metallic nanoparticle. We calculate the resonance fluorescence of this hybrid system. Its incoherent part, the one arising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-12 A. Ridolfo , O. Di Stefano , N. Fina , R. Saija , S. Savasta

We present a theoretical study of the electronic transport through single-molecule junctions incorporating a Pt6 metal cluster bound within an organic framework. We show that the insertion of this molecule between a pair of electrodes leads…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-27 Linda A. Zotti , Edmund Leary , Maria Soriano , Juan Carlos Cuevas , Juan Jose Palacios

It is well known that typical PT-symmetric systems suffer symmetry breaking when the strength of the gain-loss terms exceeds a certain critical value. We present a summary of recently published and newly produced results which demonstrate…

Optics · Physics 2018-02-27 Vitaly Lutsky , Eitam Luz , Er'el Granot , Boris A. Malomed

We derive a general result that can be used to evaluate and compare the transconductance of different field-effect mechanisms in molecular transistors, both electrostatic and conformational. The electrostatic component leads to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 Avik W. Ghosh , Titash Rakshit , Supriyo Datta

Parity-time-symmetric ($\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric) optical waveguide couplers have become a key component for integrated optics. They offer new possibilities for fast, ultracompact, configurable, all-optical signal processing. Here, we study…

Optics · Physics 2015-09-14 Wiktor Walasik , Natalia M. Litchinitser

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) enable unique features in tailoring light-matter interaction on nanoscale. These radiationless localized states drive theoretically infinite quality factors and lifetimes for modern nanophotonics, making…

Photonic structures have an inherent advantage to realize PT-phase transition through modulating the refractive index or gain-loss. However, quantum PT properties of these photonic systems have not been comprehensively studied yet. Here, in…

We propose that unconventional Josephson effects can typically emerge in {\it PT}-symmetric antiferromagnetic (AFM) bilayer systems. When proximitized by a conventional superconductor, these heterostructures host dominant interlayer Cooper…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-28 Jin-Xin Hu , Mengli Hu , Ying-Ming Xie , K. T. Law

We provide a simple set of rules for predicting interference effects in off-resonant transport through single-molecule junctions. These effects fall in two classes, showing respectively an odd or an even number of nodes in the linear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-12 Kim G. L. Pedersen , Mikkel Strange , Martin Leijnse , Per Hedegård , Gemma Solomon , Jens Paaske

We investigate how strongly broken spatial symmetries affect the Kohn--Luttinger (KL) mechanism, in which superconductivity emerges purely from repulsive interactions. While the original KL argument assumes continuous rotational symmetry,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-21 Amir Dalal , Jonathan Ruhman , Vladyslav Kozii

In contrast to the static operations of conventional semiconductor devices, the dynamic conformational freedom in molecular devices opens up the possibility of using molecules as new types of devices such as a molecular conformational…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-02 Daijiro Nozaki , Gianaurelio Cuniberti

In this overview we provide a general introduction to metal-insulator transitions, with focus on specific mechanisms that can localize the electrons in absence of magnetic or charge ordering, and produce well defined quantum critical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-12-30 V. Dobrosavljevic

Mott's metal-insulator transition at an interface due to band bending is studied by the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG). We show that the result can be recovered by a simple modification of the conventional Poisson's equation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 Takashi Oka , Naoto Nagaosa

Our recent research on type-I quadrature parity-time (PT) symmetry, utilizing an open twin-beam system, not only enables observing genuine quantum photonic PT symmetry amid phase-sensitive amplification (PSA) and loss in the presence of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-23 Wencong Wang , Jacob Kokinda , Jiazhen Li , Qing Gu , Dongmei Liu , Jianming Wen