English
Related papers

Related papers: PT-symmetric potentials with imaginary asymptotic …

200 papers

A family of discrete Schr\"{o}dinger equations with imaginary potentials $V(x)$ is studied. Inside the domain ${\cal D}$ of unitarity-compatible values of $V(x)$, the reality of all of the bound-state energies survives up to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-13 Miloslav Znojil

Canonical quantum mechanics postulates Hermitian Hamiltonians to ensure real eigenvalues. Counterintuitively, a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, satisfying combined parity-time (PT) symmetry, could display entirely real spectra above some…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-23 Jianming Wen , Xiaoshun Jiang , Liang Jiang , Min Xiao

The generalized pseudospectral method is employed for the accurate calculation of eigenvalues, densities and expectation values for the spiked harmonic oscillators. This allows \emph{nonuniform} and \emph{optimal} spatial discretization of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Amlan K. Roy

The $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric non-Hermitian systems have been widely studied and explored both in theory and in experiment these years due to various interesting features. In this work, we focus on the dynamical features of a triple-qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Jingwei Wen , Chao Zheng , Zhangdong Ye , Tao Xin , Guilu Long

We introduce a general framework for realizing $\mathcal{PT}$-like phase transitions in non-Hermitian systems without imposing explicit parity--time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry. The approach is based on constructing a Hamiltonian as the…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-18 Jacob L. Barnett , Ramy El-Ganainy

We analyze several non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with antiunitary symmetry from the point of view of their point-group symmetry. It enables us to predict the degeneracy of the energy levels and to reduce the dimension of the matrices necessary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Francisco M. Fernández , Javier Garcia

We study the effects of the position of the passive and active cavities on the spontaneous parity-time (PT) symmetry breaking behavior in non-Hermitian coupled cavities array model. We analyze and discuss the energy eigenvalue spectrums and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-21 Yan Xing , Lu Qi , Ji Cao , Dong-Yang Wang , Cheng-Hua Bai , Hong-Fu Wang , Ai-Dong Zhu , Shou Zhang

In this letter, we study the scattering of spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ particles from a spin-independent parity time ($\cal PT$)-symmetric complex potential, and for the first time, theoretically demonstrate the coexistence of $\cal PT$-symmetric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-07 Ege Özgün , Tuğrul Hakioğlu , Ekmel Özbay

In this paper, we discuss the parametric symmetries in different exactly solvable systems characterized by real or complex P T symmetric potentials. We focus our at- tention on the conventional potentials such as the generalized Poschl…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-05 Rajesh Kumar Yadav , Avinash Khare , Bijan Bagchi , Nisha Kumari , Bhabani Prasad Mandal

Parity-time (PT) symmetric systems have two distinguished phases, e.g., one with real energy eigenvalues and the other with complex conjugate eigenvalues. To enter one phase from the other, it is believed that the system must pass through…

Optics · Physics 2016-07-27 Li Ge

We prove that coherent perfect absorption (CPA) without lasing is {\bf not} possible in the PT-symmetric domain as the s-matrix is such that $|\det S(\pm k)|=1$. We study coherent scattering from three complex potentials, one solved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Zafar Ahmed

We show that geometrically coupled polariton condensates fabricated in semiconductor devices are versatile systems capable of simulating molecules with given characteristics. In particular, we consider oscillatory and stationary symmetric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 Alexander Johnston , Kirill P. Kalinin , Natalia G. Berloff

In "Comment on Supersymmetry, PT-symmetry and spectral bifurcation" \cite{BQ1}, Bagchi and Quesne correctly show the presence of a class of states for the complex Scarf-II potential in the unbroken PT-symmetry regime, which were absent in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-01 Kumar Abhinav , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

We introduce a class of PT-symmetric systems which include mutually matched nonlinear loss and gain (inother words, a class of PT-invariant Hamiltonians in which both the harmonic and anharmonic parts are non-Hermitian). For a basic system…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Andrey E. Miroshnichenko , Boris A. Malomed , Yuri S. Kivshar

We construct an isospectrum systems in terms of a real and complex potential to show that the underlying PT symmetric Hamiltonian possesses a real spectrum which is shared by its real partner.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. Bagchi , R. Roychoudhury

We analyze the scattering dynamics and spectrum of a quantum particle on a tight-binding lattice subject to a non-Hermitian (purely imaginary) local potential. The reflection, transmission and absorption coefficients are studied as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-20 Phillip C. Burke , Jan Wiersig , Masudul Haque

Parity-time (PT) symmetry has attracted a lot of attention since the concept of pseudo-Hermitian dynamics of open quantum systems was first demonstrated two decades ago. Contrary to their Hermitian counterparts, non-conservative…

Recently, it was observed that self-interacting scalar quantum field theories having a non-Hermitian interaction term of the form $g(i\phi)^{2+\delta}$, where $\delta$ is a real positive parameter, are physically acceptable in the sense…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Carl M. Bender , Kimball A. Milton

Continuous time-translation symmetry is often spontaneously broken in open quantum systems, and the condition for their emergence has been actively investigated. However, there are only a few cases in which its condition for appearance has…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-10 Yuma Nakanishi , Ryo Hanai , Tomohiro Sasamoto

We introduce the one-dimensional PT-symmetric Schrodinger equation, with complex potentials in the form of the canonical superoscillatory and suboscillatory functions known in quantum mechanics and optics. While the suboscillatory-like…

Optics · Physics 2018-11-14 Yaniv Eliezer , Alon Bahabad , Boris A. Malomed
‹ Prev 1 8 9 10 Next ›