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Parity-time($\mathcal{PT}$)-symmetric systems, featuring real eigenvalues despite its non-Hermitian nature, have been widely utilized to achieve exotic functionalities in the classical realm, such as loss-induced transparency or lasing…

Non-Hermitian models with real eigenenergies are highly desirable for their stability. Yet, most of the currently known ones are constrained by symmetries such as PT-symmetry, which is incompatible with realizing some of the most exotic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-13 Boxue Zhang , Qingya Li , Xiao Zhang , Ching Hua Lee

We propose and analyze a new approach based on parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric microcavities with balanced gain and loss to enhance the performance of cavity-assisted metrology. We identify the conditions under which…

Realization and manipulation of parity-time (PT) symmetry in multidimensional systems are highly desirable for exploring nontrivial physics and uncovering exotic phenomena in non-Hermitian systems. Here, we report the first experimental…

A fundamental axiom of quantum mechanics requires the Hamiltonians to be Hermitian which guarantees real eigen-energies and probability conservation. However, a class of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with Parity-Time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-19 Yang Wu , Wenqiang Liu , Jianpei Geng , Xingrui Song , Xiangyu Ye , Chang-Kui Duan , Xing Rong , Jiangfeng Du

We study the phase-diagram of a parity and time-reversal (PT) symmetric tight-binding chain with $N$ sites and hopping energy $J$, in the presence of two impurities with imaginary potentials $\pm i\gamma$ located at arbitrary (P-symmetric)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Yogesh N. Joglekar , Derek Scott , Mark Babbey , Avadh Saxena

The explorations of the quantum-inspired symmetries in optical and photonic systems have witnessed immense research interests both fundamentally and technologically in a wide range of subjects of physics and engineering. One of the…

Common intuition in physics is based on the concept of orthogonal eigenmodes. Those are well de- fined solutions of Hermitian equations used to describe many physical situations, from quantum mechanics to acoustics. A large variety of…

Optics · Physics 2018-05-09 H. Lourenço-Martins , P. Das , L. H. G. Tizei , R. Weil , M. Kociak

The condition of self-adjointness ensures that the eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian are real and bounded below. Replacing this condition by the weaker condition of ${\cal PT}$ symmetry, one obtains new infinite classes of complex Hamiltonians…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Carl M. Bender , Stefan Boettcher

Non-Hermitian systems satisfying parity-time (PT) symmetry have aroused considerable interest owing to their exotic features. Anti-PT symmetry is an important counterpart of the PT symmetry, and has been studied in various classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-21 Ji Bian , Pengfei Lu , Teng Liu , Hao Wu , Xinxin Rao , Kunxu Wang , Qifeng Lao , Yang Liu , Feng Zhu , Le Luo

Passive parity-time-symmetric medium provides a feasible scheme to investigate non-Hermitian systems experimentally. Here, we design a passive PT-symmetric acoustic grating with a period equal to exact PT-symmetric medium. This treatment…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-09-25 Yuzhen Yang , Han Jia , Yafeng Bi , Han Zhao , Jun Yang

We present fermionic model based on symmetric resonant tunneling heterostructure, which demonstrates spontaneous symmetry breaking in respect to combined operations of space inversion (P) and time reversal (T). PT-symmetry breaking…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-20 A. A. Gorbatsevich , N. M. Shubin

Symmetries associated with complex conjugation and Hermitian conjugation, such as time-reversal symmetry and pseudo-Hermiticity, have great impact on eigenvalue spectra of non-Hermitian random matrices. Here, we show that time-reversal…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-12-21 Zhenyu Xiao , Kohei Kawabata , Xunlong Luo , Tomi Ohtsuki , Ryuichi Shindou

Over the past decade, parity-time (PT) symmetry and anti-PT (APT) symmetry in various physical systems have been extensively studied, leading to significant experimental and theoretical advancements. However, physical systems that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-09 Ruicong Huang , Wencong Wang , Yuyang Liang , Dongmei Liu , Min Gu

The parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric structures have exhibited potential applications in developing various robust quantum devices. In an optical trimmer with balanced loss and gain, we analytically study the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-21 L. F. Xue , Z. R. Gong , H. B. Zhu , Z. H. Wang

We perform a theoretical study of nonlinear optical isolator devices based on coupled microcavities with gain and loss. Using coupled-mode theory, we derive a correspondence between the boundary of asymptotic stability in the nonlinear…

Optics · Physics 2016-03-25 Xin Zhou , Yidong Chong

We present a coherent and consistent framework for explicit time-dependence in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics. The area of non-Hermitian quantum mechanics has been growing rapidly over the past twenty years. This has been driven by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-07 Thomas Frith

We consider parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric arrays formed by $N$ optical waveguides with gain and $N$ waveguides with loss. When the gain-loss coefficient exceeds a critical value $\gamma_c$, the $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry becomes…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-17 I V Barashenkov , L Baker , N V Alexeeva

A comparative study of entropy dynamics as an indicator of physical behavior in an open two-state system with balanced gain and loss is presented. We distinguish the perspective taken in utilizing the conventional framework of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-26 Alexander Felski , Alireza Beygi , Christos Karapoulitidis , S. P. Klevansky

Three-parametric family of non-Hermitian but ${\cal PT}-$symmetric six-by-six matrix Hamiltonians $H^{(6)}(x,y,z)$ is considered. The ${\cal PT}-$symmetry remains spontaneously unbroken (i.e., the spectrum of the bound-state energies…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-17 Miloslav Znojil , Denis I. Borisov