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In this study, we investigated the propagation pattern and the site-to-site correlation function in a PT-symmetric waveguide array with different input quantum states. Recognizing the stark difference in propagation pattern before and after…

In the present paper, first the mathematical basic properties of the exceptional points are discussed. Then, their role in the description of real physical quantum systems is considered. Most interesting value is the phase rigidity of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-03 Ingrid Rotter

One of the unique features of non-Hermitian~(NH) systems is the appearance of non-Hermitian degeneracies known as exceptional points~(EPs). The extensively studied defective EPs occur when the Hamiltonian becomes non-diagonalizable. Aside…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-11 Sharareh Sayyad , Marcus Stalhammar , Lukas Rodland , Flore K. Kunst

Periodically time-varying media, known as photonic time crystals (PTCs), provide a promising platform for observing unconventional wave phenomena. We analyze the scattering of electromagnetic waves from spatially finite PTCs using the…

We analyse two quantum systems with hidden parity-time (PT) symmetry: one is an optical device, whereas another is a superconducting microwave-frequency device. To investigate their symmetry, we introduce an equilibrium frame, in which loss…

Exceptional points (EPs) are singularities of energy levels in non-Hermitian systems. In this Letter, we demonstrate the surface of EPs on a magnon polariton platform composed of coupled magnons and microwave photons. Our experiments show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-11 Xufeng Zhang , Kun Ding , Dafei Jin , Xianjing Zhou , Jing Xu

Parity-time (PT)-symmetric Hamiltonians have widespread significance in non-Hermitian physics. A PT-symmetric Hamiltonian can exhibit distinct phases with either real or complex eigenspectrum, while the transition points in between, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-13 Lei Xiao , Tianshu Deng , Kunkun Wang , Zhong Wang , Wei Yi , Peng Xue

Exceptional points (EPs) in non-Hermitian systems can give rise to intriguing effects not available in conventional Hermitian systems due to their unusual properties. Using full-wave simulations, we investigate the scattering, absorption,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-02-13 Chengzhi Zhang , Shubo Wang

Magnons serve as a testing ground for fundamental aspects of Hermitian and non-Hermitian wave mechanics and are of high relevance for information technology. This study presents setups for realizing spatio-temporally driven parity-time (PT)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-17 Xi-guang Wang , Lu-lu Zeng , Guang-hua Guo , Jamal Berakdar

Non-Hermiticity has recently emerged as a rapidly developing field due to its exotic characteristics related to open systems, where the dissipation plays a critical role. In the presence of balanced energy gain and loss with environment,…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-10 Chang Li , Ruisheng Yang , Xinchao Huang , Quanhong Fu , Yuancheng Fan , Fuli Zhang

Over the last two decades, advances in fabrication have led to significant progress in creating patterned heterostructures that support either carriers, such as electrons or holes, with specific band structure or electromagnetic waves with…

We study the parity and time-reversal ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric quantum physics in a non-Hermitian non-relativistic hydrogen molecule with local (Hubbard type) Coulomb interaction. We consider non-Hermiticity generated from both kinetic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Himadri Barman , Suriyaa Valliapan

In photonics, most systems are non-Hermitian due to radiation into open space and material losses. At the same time, non-Hermitianity defines a new physics, in particular, it gives rise to a new class of degenerations called exceptional…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-09 Nikolay Solodovchenko , Kirill Samusev , Mikhail Limonov

Exceptional points, at which two or more eigenfunctions of a Hamiltonian coalesce, occur in non-Hermitian systems and lead to surprising physical effects. In particular, the behaviour of a system under parameter variation can differ…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-04 Bradley Longstaff , Eva-Maria Graefe

We derive new exceptional point (EP) conditions of the coupled microring resonators using coupled mode theory in space, a more accurate approach than the commonly used coupled mode theory in time. Transmission spectra around EPs obtained…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-24 Kunpeng Zhu , Xiaoyan Zhou , Yinxin Zhang , Zhanhua Huang , Lin Zhang

Symmetry plays fundamental role in physics and the nature of symmetry changes in non-Hermitian physics. Here the symmetry-protected scattering in non-Hermitian linear systems is investigated by employing the discrete symmetries that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-05 L. Jin , Z. Song

Several works have recently addressed the emergence of exceptional points (EPs), i.e., spectral singularities of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, in the long-wavelength dynamics of coupled magnetic systems. Here, by focusing on the driven…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Xin Li , Kuangyin Deng , Benedetta Flebus

The spectral, dynamical and topological properties of physical systems described by non-Hermitian (including $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric) Hamiltonians are deeply modified by the appearance of exceptional points and spectral singularities. Here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 S. Longhi , G. Della Valle

Non-Hermitian rotation-time reversal (RT)-symmetric spin models possess two distinct phases, the unbroken phase in which the entire spectrum is real and the broken phase which contains complex eigenspectra, thereby indicating a transition…

Current progress in electro-optical modulation within silicon integrated photonics, driven by the unique capabilities of advanced functional materials, has led to significant improvements in device performance. However, inherent constraints…

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