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Exceptional points (EPs) determine the dynamics of open quantum systems and cause also PT symmetry breaking in PT symmetric systems. From a mathematical point of view, this is caused by the fact that the phases of the wavefunctions…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-04-30 Hichem Eleuch , Ingrid Rotter

Exceptional points (EPs), singularities in non-Hermitian systems where eigenvalues and eigenstates coalesce, exhibit a dramatically enhanced response to perturbations compared to Hermitian degeneracies. This makes them exceptional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 Shu-Xuan Wang , Zhongbo Yan

Exceptional points (EPs) are truly non-Hermitian (NH) degeneracies where matrices become defective. The order of such an EP is given by the number of coalescing eigenvectors. On the one hand, most work focuses on studying $N$th-order EPs in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-11 Julius T. Gohsrich , Jacob Fauman , Flore K. Kunst

Exceptional points (EPs) have been extensively explored in mechanical, acoustic, plasmonic, and photonic systems. However, little is known about the role of EPs in tailoring the dynamic tunability of optical devices. A specific type of EPs…

Exceptional points (EPs) are non-Hermitian degeneracies, where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, which are fundamentally distinct from their Hermitian counterparts. In this study, we investigate the influence of hexagonal warping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Md Afsar Reja , Awadhesh Narayan

Exceptional points (EPs) with a global collapse of pairs of eigenfunctions are shown to arise in two locally-coupled and spatially-extended optical structures with balanced gain and loss. Global collapse at the EP deeply changes light…

Optics · Physics 2021-02-19 Stefano Longhi

We experimentally examine the topological nature of a strongly coupled spin-photon system induced by damping. The presence of both spin and photonic losses results in a non-Hermitian system with a variety of exotic phenomena dictated by the…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-06-28 Michael Harder , Lihui Bai , Paul Hyde , Can-Ming Hu

Exceptional points (EPs) associated with a square-root singularity have been found in many non-Hermitian systems. In most of the studies, the EPs found are isotropic meaning that the same singular behavior is obtained independent of the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-08-28 Kun Ding , Guancong Ma , Z. Q. Zhang , C. T. Chan

We present a general theory of spontaneous emission at exceptional points (EPs)---exotic degeneracies in non-Hermitian systems. Our theory extends beyond spontaneous emission to any light--matter interaction described by the local density…

Exceptional points are spectral singularities where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors collapse onto a single mode, causing the system behavior to shift abruptly and making it highly responsive to even small perturbations. Although widely…

Quantum physics can be extended into the complex domain by considering non-Hermitian Hamiltonians that are $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric. These exhibit exceptional points (EPs) where the eigenspectrum changes from purely real to purely imaginary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Jia-Jia Wang , Yu-Hong He , Chang-Geng Liao , Rong-Xin Chen , Jacob A. Dunningham

Non-Hermitian systems have recently attracted significant attention in photonics. One of the hallmarks of these systems is the possibility of realizing asymmetric mode switching and omnipolarizer action through the dynamic encirclement of…

Optics · Physics 2020-10-22 J. B. Khurgin , Y. Sebbag , E. Edrei , R. Zektzer , K. Shastri , U. Levy , F. Monticone

Exceptional points (EPs) represent a distinct type of spectral singularity in non-Hermitian systems, and intriguing physics concepts have been studied with optical EPs recently. As a system beyond photonics, the mechanical oscillators…

Optics · Physics 2023-02-09 Ning Wu , Kaiyu Cui , Qiancheng Xu , Xue Feng , Fang Liu , Wei Zhang , Yidong Huang

Higher-order exceptional points (EPs), resulting from non-Hermitian degeneracies, have shown greater advantages in sensitive enhancement than second-order EPs (EP2s). Therefore, seeking higher-order EPs in various quantum systems is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Wei Xiong , Zhuanxia Li , Yiling Song , Jiaojiao Chen , Guoqiang Zhang , Mingfeng Wang

The appearance of topological singularities, namely exceptional points (EPs) is an intriguing feature of parameter-dependent open quantum or wave systems. EPs are the special type of nonHermitian degeneracies where two (or more) eigenstates…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-18 Sayan Bhattacherjee , Arnab Laha , Somnath Ghosh

Exceptional points are complex-valued spectral singularities that lead to a host of intriguing features such as loss-induced transparency - a counterintuitive process in which an increase in the system's overall loss can lead to enhanced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-13 Konrad Tschernig , Kurt Busch , Demetrios N. Christodoulides , Armando Perez-Leija

Exceptional points (EPs) in non-Hermitian photonic systems enable unconventional control of wave amplitude and phase. However, identifying the EPs in multidimensional parameter space of a system can be nontrivial and, in some cases, even…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-17 Y. F. Li , Biao Chen , Y. Wu , Y. Liu , H. Lin , Bin Zhou

Backscattering losses, due to intrinsic imperfections or external perturbations that are unavoidable in optical resonators, can severely affect the performance of practical photonic devices. In particular, for quantum single-photon devices,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Jian Tang , Yun-Lan Zuo , Xun-Wei Xu , Ran Huang , Adam Miranowicz , Franco Nori , Hui Jing

Non-Hermitian singularities known as exceptional-points (EPs) have been shown to exhibit increased sensitivities but the observation of EPs has so far been limited to wavelength scaled systems subject to diffraction limit. We propose a…

Optics · Physics 2019-04-03 J. -H. Park , A. Ndao , W. Cai , L. -Y. Hsu , A. Kodigala , T. Lepetit , Y. -H. Lo , B. Kanté

Exceptional points (EPs), non-Hermitian degeneracies where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, play a central role in the topology of non-Hermitian spectra. Recent advances have enabled the controlled creation and manipulation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Jung-Wan Ryu , Chang-Hwan Yi