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Non-Hermitian systems with parity-time (PT) symmetric complex potentials can exhibit a phase transition when the degree of non-Hermiticity is increased. Two eigenstates coalesce at a transition point, which is known as the exceptional point…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-07 Kun Ding , Z. Q. Zhang , C. T. Chan

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians can give rise to exceptional points (EPs) which have been extensively explored with nominally identical coupled resonators. Here a non-Hermitian electromechanical system is developed which hosts vibration modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-06 P. Renault , H. Yamaguchi , I. Mahboob

We study exceptional points (EPs) of a nonhermitian Hamiltonian $\hat{H}(\lambda,\delta)$ whose parameters $\lambda \in {\mathbb C}$ and $\delta \in {\mathbb R}$. As the real control parameter $\delta$ is varied, the $k$-th EP (or $k$-th…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 Milan Šindelka , Pavel Stránský , Pavel Cejnar

A quantum system subject to continuous measurement and post-selection evolves according to a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. We show that, as one increases the rate of post-selection, this non-Hermitian Hamiltonian undergoes a spectral phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-04 Sarang Gopalakrishnan , Michael J. Gullans

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

In this paper, we describe some interesting properties of a non-Hermitian Jaynes-Cummings model. For this particular model, it is known that the Hilbert space can be described by infinitely-many two-dimensional invariant (closed) subspaces,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Gargi Das , Aritra Ghosh , Bhabani Prasad Mandal

The defining characteristic of an exceptional point (EP) in the parameter space of a family of operators is that upon encircling the EP eigenstates are permuted. In case one encircles multiple EPs, the question arises how to properly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 Eric J. Pap , Daniël Boer , Holger Waalkens

Complex spectra of dissipative quantum systems may exhibit degeneracies known as exceptional points (EPs). At these points the systems' dynamics may undergo drastic changes. Phenomena associated with EPs and their applications have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-19 Andrei I. Pavlov , Yuval Gefen , Alexander Shnirman

The non-analyticity induced by exceptional points (EPs) has manifestations not only in non-Hermitian but also in Hermitian systems. In this work, we focus on a minimal Hermitian bosonic Kitaev model to reveal the dynamical demonstration of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 D. K. He , Z. Song

Up to these days, the popular PT-symmetric imaginary cubic oscillator did not find any consistent probabilistic quantum-mechanical interpretation because its Hamiltonian has been shown, by mathematicians, intrinsic-exceptional-point (IEP)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Miloslav Znojil

We study impact of quantum phase transitions (QPTs) on the distribution of exceptional points (EPs) of the Hamiltonian in complex-extended parameter domain. Analyzing first- and second-order QPTs in the Lipkin model, we find an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Pavel Stránský , Martin Dvořák , Pavel Cejnar

Controlling atom-photon interactions in engineered environments is central to quantum optics and emerging quantum technologies. Non-Hermitian (NH) photonic baths, where dissipation fundamentally reshapes spectral and dynamical properties,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Stefano Longhi

We develop a density matrix formalism to describe coupled electron-nuclear dynamics. To this end we introduce an effective Hamiltonian formalism that describes electronic transitions and small (quantum) nuclear fluctuations along a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-09-07 Eugene Stolyarov , Alexander White , Dmitry Mozyrsky

Deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) characterizes the continuous transition beyond Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm, occurring between two phases that exhibit distinct symmetry breaking. The debate over whether genuine DQCP exists in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-06 Xuan Zou , Shuai Yin , Zi-Xiang Li , Hong Yao

Hamiltonian exceptional points (HEPs) are spectral degeneracies of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians describing classical and semiclassical open systems with losses and/or gain. However, this definition overlooks the occurrence of quantum jumps in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-11 Shilan Abo , Patrycja Tulewicz , Karol Bartkiewicz , Şahin K. Özdemir , Adam Miranowicz

Non-Hermitian systems have attracted considerable interest in recent years owing to their unique topological properties that are absent in Hermitian systems. While such properties have been thoroughly characterized in free fermion models,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-14 Yuchen Guo , Ruohan Shen , Shuo Yang

Exceptional points (EPs) are singularities in the spectra of non-Hermitian operators, where eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce. Recently, open quantum systems have been increasingly explored as EP testbeds due to their natural…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-18 Jhen-Dong Lin , Po-Chen Kuo , Neill Lambert , Adam Miranowicz , Franco Nori , Yueh-Nan Chen

Understanding the interplay between quantum coherence and non-Hermitian features would enable the devising of quantum technologies based on dissipative systems. In turn, quantum coherence can be characterized in terms of the language of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Diego Paiva Pires , Tommaso Macrì

The non-Hermitian formalism is used at present in many papers for the description of open quantum systems. A special language developed in this field of physics which makes it difficult for many physicists to follow and to understand the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-11 Hichem Eleuch , Ingrid Rotter

Exceptional points (EPs) represent non-Hermitian degeneracies where eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, giving rise to enhanced sensitivity and critically damped dynamics. We demonstrate that when an EP coincides with a dissipative phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Jongjun M. Lee