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We propose an exceptional-point (EP) framework for black-hole ringdown beyond the standard quasinormal-mode (QNM) paradigm. It provides a first-principles characterization of the resonance associated with avoided crossings near EPs, an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-20 Rodrigo Panosso Macedo , Takuya Katagiri , Kei-ichiro Kubota , Hayato Motohashi

Recent interest in metamaterials has led to a renewed study of wave mechanics in different branches of physics. Elastodynamics involves a special intricacy, owing to a coupling between the volumetric and shear parts of the elastic waves.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-10-03 Ben Lustig , Guy Elbaz , Alan Muhafra , Gal Shmuel

In this work, we investigate the response of epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) metamaterials and plasmonic materials to electromagnetic source excitation. The use of these media for tailoring the phase of radiation pattern of arbitrary sources is…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-07-04 Andrea Alu , Mario Silveirinha , Alessandro Salandrino , Nader Engheta

Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) photonics provides a powerful route to extreme dispersion engineering, strong field confinement, and unconventional wave phenomena. A closely related concept is \textit{photonic doping}, where subwavelength…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-16 Ali Panahpour , Jussi Kelavuori , Mikko Huttunen

Exceptional points (EPs), branch singularities parameter space of non-Hermitian eigenvalue manifolds, display unique topological phenomena linked to eigenvalue and eigenvector switching: the parameter space states are highly sensitive to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-24 K. Ho , S. Perna , S. Wittrock , S. Tsunegi , H. Kubota , S. Yuasa , P. Bortolotti , M. d'Aquino , C. Serpico , V. Cros , R. Lebrun

Systems operating at exceptional points (EPs) are highly responsive to small perturbations, making them suitable for sensing applications. Although this feature impedes the system working exactly at an EP due to imperfections arising during…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-19 Shahab Ramezanpour

Exceptional points (EPs), at which more than one eigenvalue and eigenvector coalesce, are unique spectral features of Non-Hermiticity (NH) systems. They exist widely in open systems with complex energy spectra. We experimentally demonstrate…

Dicke superradiance is essentially a case of correlated dissipation leading to the macroscopic quantum coherence. Superradiance for arrays of inverted emitters in free space requires interactions far beyond the nearest-neighbor, limiting…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-17 Jun Ren , Shicheng Zhu , Z. D. Wang

Exceptional points (EPs) refer to degeneracies in non-Hermitian systems where two or more eigenvalues and their corresponding eigenvectors coalesce. Recently, there has been growing interest in harnessing EPs to enhance the responsivity of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-02-06 Xingyu Lu , Yang Yuan , Fa Chen , Xiaoxiao Hou , Yanlong Guo , Leonhard Reindl , Wei Luo , Degang Zhao

Sensors play a crucial role in advanced apparatuses and it is persistently pursued to improve their sensitivities. Recently, the singularity of a non-Hermitian system, known as the exceptional point (EP), has drawn much attention for this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-04 Yao-Dong Hu , Yi-Pu Wang , Rui-Chang Shen , Zi-Qi Wang , Wei-Jiang Wu , J. Q. You

Dynamically encircling an exceptional point (EP) in parity-time (PT) symmetric systems shows an interesting chiral dynamics, leading to asymmetric mode switching in which the output modes are different when the encircling direction is…

Optics · Physics 2019-10-16 Xu-Lin Zhang , Tianshu Jiang , Hong-Bo Sun , C. T. Chan

Epsilon near zero (ENZ) materials can contribute significantly to the advancement of spectrally selective coatings aimed at enhancing efficient use of solar radiation and thermal energy management. Here, we demonstrate a subwavelength…

Optics · Physics 2024-02-13 Sraboni Dey , Kirandas P S , Deepshikha Jaiswal Nagar , Joy Mitra

We propose a mechanism for optical energy squeezing and anomalous light tunneling through arbitrarily-shaped plasmonic ultranarrow channels and bends connecting two larger plasmonic metal-insulator-metal waveguides. It is shown how a proper…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrea Alu , Nader Engheta

Controlling gain and loss of coupled optical cavities can induce non-Hermitian degeneracies of eigenstates, called exceptional points (EPs). Various unconventional phenomena around EPs have been reported, and expected to incorporate extra…

Exceptional points (EP) featuring enhanced responsivity and rich dynamics have attracted extensive attentions in device developments and sensing applications. However, it remains debated whether employing EP systems is beneficial in…

A plasmonic nanoantenna probed by a plane-polarized optical field in a medium with no gain materials can show zero absorption or even amplification, while exhibiting maximal polarizability. This occurs through coupling to an adjacent…

Optics · Physics 2019-08-28 Ali Panahpour , Abolfazl Mahmoodpoor , Andrei V. Lavrinenko

We experimentally observe an effective PT-phase transition through the exceptional point in a hybrid plasmonic-dielectric waveguide system. Transmission experiments reveal fundamental changes in the underlying Eigenmode interactions as the…

Optics · Physics 2019-11-27 Alessandro Tuniz , Torsten Wieduwilt , Markus A. Schmidt

Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) metamaterials represent a powerful toolkit for selectively transmitting and localizing light through cavity resonances, enabling the study of mesoscopic phenomena and facilitating the design of photonic devices. In…

Although Epsilon-Near-Zero metamaterials (ENZ) offer many unconventional ways to play with light, the optical impedance mismatch with surroundings can limit the efficiency of future devices. We report here on the improvement of the…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-03 G. Briere , B. Cluzel , O. Demichel

Heterogeneous nanoscale particles released by cells known as extracellular vesicles (EVs) are actively investigated for early disease detection1, monitoring2, and advanced therapeutics3. Due to their extremely small size, the stable…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-26 Chuchuan Hong , Justus C. Ndukaife