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Non-Hermitian systems always play a negative role in wave manipulations due to inherent non-conservation of energy as well as loss of information. Recently, however, there has been a paradigm shift on utilizing non-Hermitian systems to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-05-17 Yi-Fan Zhu , Xue-Feng Zhu , Xu-Dong Fan , Bin Liang , Xin-Ye Zou , Jing Yang , Jian-Chun Cheng

Describing systems with non-Hermitian (NH) operators remains a challenge in quantum theory due to instabilities (e.g., exceptional points and decoherence) arising from interactions with the environment. We propose a framework to express the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-31 Priyanshi Bhasin , Tanmoy Das

The conventional description of time-varying media assumes that electromagnetic fields evolve according to fixed continuity conditions during parameter jumps. Here we reveal that these conditions are not physical constraints but tunable…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-24 Yongge Wang , Jingfeng Yao , Ying Wang , Chengxun Yuan , Zhongxiang Zhou

Inductive wireless power transfer (WPT) systems can be effectively described as non-Hermitian systems using the coupled-mode theory. In these systems, parity-time (PT) symmetric states facilitate efficient power transfer. Traditionally,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-12-22 Hanwei Wang , Joshua Yu , Xiaodong Ye , Yang Zhao

Non-Hermitian degeneracies reveal intriguing and non-trivial behaviors in open physical systems. Examples like Parity-Time (PT) symmetry breaking, topological encircling chirality, and enhanced sensing near an exceptional point (EP) are…

The Parity-Time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric potentials are derived by non-Hermitian supersymmetric quantum mechanics for square well and barrier. These $\mathcal{PT}$-supersymmetric square well and barrier. The partners have complex…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-28 Taha Koohrokhi

Wave motion is fundamentally constrained by the dispersion properties of the medium, often making it challenging -- or even impossible -- to guide wave packets along desired trajectories, particularly when wave inversion is required. The…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-02-10 Emanuele Riva

In this paper, we experimentally demonstrate a non-Hermitian open PT-symmetric terahertz metasurface comprising complementary plasmonic structures capable of exhibiting an exceptional point (EP). The metasurface consists of two resonators…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-24 Anshul Bhardwaj , Maidul Islam , Chandan Kumar , Anuraj Panwar , Gagan Kumar

We show that non-linear optical structures involving a balanced gain-loss profile, can act as unidirectional optical valves. This is made possible by exploiting the interplay between the fundamental symmetries of parity (P) and time (T),…

Optical systems with gain and loss that respect Parity-Time (PT) symmetry can have real eigenvalues despite their non-Hermitian character. Chiral systems impose circularly polarized waves which do not preserve their handedness under the…

Space-time metamaterials, or materials with properties changing in space and time, have gained a wide-spread interest due to their exotic properties. In this Letter, we propose a novel temporal metasurface of phononic crystals in one and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Kshiteej J. Deshmukh

We provide time-evolution operators, gauge transformations and a perturbative treatment for non-Hermitian Hamiltonian systems, which are explicitly time-dependent. We determine various new equivalence pairs for Hermitian and non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Carla Figueira de Morisson Faria , Andreas Fring

Symmetry-driven wave physics in open systems, exemplified by parity-time (PT) symmetry, has extended the landscape of crystalline phases in materials science to include gain-loss media. Given the growing interest in engineering disorder for…

The fascinating realm of non-Hermitian physics with the interplay of parity (P) and time-reversal (T) symmetry has been witnessing immense attention in exploring unconventional physics at Exceptional Point (EP) singularities. Particularly,…

Optics · Physics 2024-05-20 Dinesh Beniwal , Arnab Laha , Adam Miranowicz , Somnath Ghosh

Silicon photonics has been studied as an integratable optical platform where numerous applicable devices and systems are created based on modern physics and state-of-the-art nanotechnologies. The implementation of quantum mechanics has been…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-01 Changqing Wang , Zhoutian Fu , Lan Yang

Parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetric systems are classical, gain-loss systems whose dynamics are governed by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with exceptional-point (EP) degeneracies. The eigenvalues of a $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Hamiltonian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-27 Kaustubh S. Agarwal , Yogesh N. Joglekar

Photonic structures have an inherent advantage to realize PT-phase transition through modulating the refractive index or gain-loss. However, quantum PT properties of these photonic systems have not been comprehensively studied yet. Here, in…

The interplay between topology and quantum criticality has given rise to the notion of symmetry-enriched criticality, which has attracted considerable attention in recent years. In this Letter, we demonstrate that parity time (PT) symmetry…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 Kuang-Hung Chou , Xue-Jia Yu , Po-Yao Chang

Non-Hermitian systems with parity-time reversal ($\mathcal{PT}$) or anti-$\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry have attracted a wide range of interest owing to their unique characteristics and counterintuitive phenomena. One of the most extraordinary…

We consider the $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric quantum field theory on the noncommutative spacetime with angular twist and construct its pseudo-Hermitian interpretation. We explore the differences between internal and spatial parities in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-25 Oleg O. Novikov