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The dynamics of open quantum systems described by the Lindblad master equation follows according to non-Hermitian operators. As a result, such systems can host non-Hermitian degeneracies called Liouvillian exceptional points (EPs). In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Sayooj P , Awadhesh Narayan

Exceptional points (EPs) are special spectral degeneracies of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians governing the dynamics of open systems. At the EP two or more eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenstates coalesce. Recently, it has been proposed…

Optics · Physics 2020-02-19 Yu-Hung Lai , Yu-Kun Lu , Myoung-Gyun Suh , Kerry Vahala

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

Exceptional points (EPs) in non-Hermitian systems have recently attracted wide interests and spawned intriguing prospects for enhanced sensing. However, EPs have not yet been realized in thermal atomic ensembles, which is one of the most…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-30 Chao Liang , Yuanjiang Tang , An-Ning Xu , Yong-Chun Liu

Realizing efficient and controlled state transfer is necessary for implementing a wide range of classical and quantum information protocols. Recent studies have demonstrated that both asymmetric and symmetric state transfer can be achieved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-13 Qi-Cheng Wu , Yu-Liang Fang , Yan-Hui Zhou , Jun-Long Zhao , Yi-Hao Kang , Qi-Ping Su , Chui-Ping Yang

Certain real parameters of a Hamiltonian, when continued to complex values, can give rise to singular points called exceptional points ($EP$'s), where two or more eigenvalues coincide and the complexified Hamiltonian becomes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-20 Ipsita Mandal

Although non-Hermitian dynamics near exceptional points (EPs) provide a route to accelerated entanglement generation, entanglement can also be generated far from EPs at comparable or even higher rates. However, the behavior of such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Hamid Sakhouf , Peng Xue

Exceptional points (EPs) are central to non-Hermitian physics because of their unique properties and broad application prospects. While extensively studied in parity-time ($\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$)-symmetric systems and under Markovian…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-15 H. Z. Shen , X. C. Zhang , L. Y. Ning , Zhi-Guang Lu , Yan-Hui Zhou , Cheng Shang

We develop perturbative methods to study and control dynamical phenomena related to exceptional points in Non-Hermitian systems. In particular, we show how to find perturbative solutions based on the Magnus expansion that accurately…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-23 Hugo Ribeiro , Florian Marquardt

The Exceptional Points (EPs) of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians (NHHs) are spectral degeneracies associated with coalescing eigenvalues and eigenvectors which are associated with remarkable dynamical properties. These EPs can be generated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-01 Fabrizio Minganti , Dolf Huybrechts , Cyril Elouard , Franco Nori , Ievgen I. Arkhipov

Exceptional points (EPs) are non-Hermitian degeneracies where eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, giving rise to unusual physical effects across scientific disciplines. The concept of EPs has recently been extended to nonlinear physical…

Exceptional points are degeneracies in non-Hermitian systems. A two-state system with parity-time (PT) symmetry usually has only one exceptional point beyond which the eigenmodes are PT-symmetry broken. The so-called symmetry recovery,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Xu-Lin Zhang , Shubo Wang , Wen-Jie Chen , Bo Hou , C. T. Chan

Conventional mode switching mechanisms, which rely on dynamically encircling exceptional points (EPs) through non-adiabatic transitions (NATs), suffer from intrinsic nonlinear dynamics that hinder precise control and reproducibility in…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-04 Kyu-Won Park , KyeongRo Kim , Jinuk Kim , Muhan Choi , Kabgyun Jeong

Non-Hermitian exceptional points (EPs) represent a special type of degeneracy where not only the eigenvalues coalesce, but also the eigenstates tend to collapse on each other. Recent studies have shown that in the presence of an EP,…

We show that a two-level non-Hermitian Hamiltonian with constant off-diagonal exchange elements can be analyzed exactly when the underlying exceptional point is perfectly encircled in the complex plane. The state evolution of this system is…

The energy level degeneracies, also known as exceptional points (EPs), are crucial for comprehending emerging phenomena in materials and enabling innovative functionalities for devices. Since EPs were proposed over half a century age, only…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-12 Yang Wu , Dongfanghao Zhu , Yunhan Wang , Xing Rong , Jiangfeng Du

Viewing a quantum thermal machine as a non-Hermitian quantum system, we characterize in full generality its analytical time-dependent dynamics by deriving the spectrum of its non-Hermitian Liouvillian for an arbitrary initial state. We show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 Shishir Khandelwal , Nicolas Brunner , Géraldine Haack

Recently, there has been intense research in proposing and developing various methods for constructing high-order exceptional points (EPs) in dissipative systems. These EPs can possess a number of intriguing properties related to, e.g.,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-12 Ievgen I. Arkhipov , Fabrizio Minganti , Adam Miranowicz , Franco Nori

Phase transitions are fundamental in nature. A small parameter change near a critical point leads to a qualitative change in system properties. Across a regular phase transition, the system remains in thermal equilibrium and, therefore,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-24 Jingwen Li , Michael Turaev , Masakazu Matsubara , Kristin Kliemt , Cornelius Krellner , Shovon Pal , Manfred Fiebig , Johann Kroha

Exceptional points (EPs) are singularities in non-Hermitian systems, where the system transmission spectrum varies significantly at the phase transition point. Here, we propose a practical scheme to study the changes of the optomechanically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-25 Y. Pan , H. -L. Zhang , Y. -F. Jiao , D. -Y. Wang , S. -L. Su , H. Jing
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