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Exceptional points (EPs) are degeneracies of non-Hermitian operators where, in addition to the eigenvalues, corresponding eigenmodes become degenerate. Classical and quantum photonic systems with EPs have attracted tremendous attention due…

Exceptional points (EPs) are singular points on a parameter space at which some eigenvalues (scattering poles) and their corresponding eigenmodes coalesce. This study shows the existence of second- and third-order EPs in cylindrical elastic…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-04-26 Kei Matsushima , Yuki Noguchi , Takayuki Yamada

Dynamically encircling exceptional points (EPs) in two-dimensional Hamiltonian parameter space has enabled intriguing chiral dynamics in which the final state of the system depends on the encircling direction. Here, we show that full…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-05 Aodong Li , Lin Chen

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

Exceptional points (EPs) are exotic degeneracies of non-Hermitian systems, where the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvectors simultaneously coalesce in parameter space, and these degeneracies are sensitive to tiny perturbations on…

In contrast to Hermitian systems, eigenstates of non-Hermitian ones are in general nonorthogonal. This feature is most pronounced at exceptional points where several eigenstates are linearly dependent. In this work we show that near this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-23 Alexander A. Zyablovsky , Evgeny S. Andrianov , Alexander A. Pukhov

The control of wave scattering in complex non-Hermitian settings is an exciting subject -- often challenging the creativity of researchers and stimulating the imagination of the public. Successful outcomes include invisibility cloaks,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-28 Jared Erb , Nadav Shaibe , Robert Calvo , Daniel Lathrop , Thomas Antonsen , Tsampikos Kottos , Steven M. Anlage

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

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

Non-Hermitian systems have been widely explored in platforms ranging from photonics to electric circuits. A defining feature of non-Hermitian systems is exceptional points (EPs), where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce. Tropical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-22 Ayan Banerjee , Rimika Jaiswal , Madhusudan Manjunath , Awadhesh Narayan

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

A pair of anisotropic exceptional points (EPs) of arbitrary order are found in a class of non-Hermitian random systems with asymmetric hoppings. Both eigenvalues and eigenvectors exhibit distinct behaviors when these anisotropic EPs are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-12 Yi-Xin Xiao , Zhao-Qing Zhang , Zhi Hong Hang , C. T. Chan

Artificial nanostructures enable fine control of electromagnetic fields at the nanoscale, a possibility that has recently been extended to the interaction between polarised light and chiral matter. The theoretical description of such…

This study explores exceptional points (EPs) in photonic crystals (PhCs) and introduces a novel method for their single-shot observation. Exceptional points are spectral singularities found in non-Hermitian systems, such as leaky PhC slabs.…

The eigenvalues of a non-Hermitian Hamilton operator are complex and provide not only the energies but also the lifetimes of the states of the system. They show a non-analytical behavior at singular (exceptional) points (EPs). The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-27 H. Eleuch , I. Rotter

Exceptional points (EPs) are special points in non-Hermitian systems where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce. In open quantum systems, these points are typically analyzed using effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonians or Liouvillian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 Wai Chun Wong , Bei Zeng , Jensen Li

We consider different properties of small open quantum systems coupled to an environment and described by a non-Hermitian Hamilton operator. Of special interest is the non-analytical behavior of the eigenvalues in the vicinity of singular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-15 Hichem Eleuch , Ingrid Rotter

One of the important features of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians is the existence of a unique type of singularities, the so-called exceptional points (EPs). When the corresponding systems operate around such singularities, they exhibit…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-26 Ioannis Kiorpelidis , Konstantinos G. Makris

Exceptional points (EPs) of non-Hermitian (NH) systems have recently attracted increasing attention due to their rich phenomenology and intriguing applications. Compared to the predominantly studied second-order EPs, higher-order EPs have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-07 Kunkun Wang , Lei Xiao , Haiqing Lin , Wei Yi , Emil J. Bergholtz , Peng Xue

Standard exceptional points (EPs) are non-Hermitian degeneracies that occur in open systems. At an EP, the Taylor series expansion becomes singular and fails to converge -- a feature that was exploited for several applications. Here, we…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-03-25 M. Sakhdari , M. Hajizadegan , Q. Zhong , D. N. Christodoulides , R. El-Ganainy , P. -Y. Chen