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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

We explore exceptional points (EP) in a dual-mode symmetric planar optical waveguide with transverse variation of inhomogeneous loss profile; where modal evolution alongside an EP is reported in the context of selective optical mode…

Optics · Physics 2018-03-15 Arnab Laha , Abhijit Biswas , Somnath Ghosh

Exceptional points in non-Hermitian systems have recently been shown to possess nontrivial topological properties, and to give rise to many exotic physical phenomena. However, most studies thus far have focused on isolated exceptional…

Optics · Physics 2019-02-21 Hengyun Zhou , Jong Yeon Lee , Shang Liu , Bo Zhen

Exceptional points (EPs), non-Hermitian degeneracies where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, play a central role in the topology of non-Hermitian spectra. Recent advances have enabled the controlled creation and manipulation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Jung-Wan Ryu , Chang-Hwan Yi

We report two types of singularities that arise from fluctuations during the formation of charge- or spin-density waves. The first is the exceptional point (EP), corresponding to a higher-order pole of the retarded Green's function. Such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Zixi Fang , Chen Fang

Exciton-polaritons (EPs) are part-light part-matter quasiparticles that combine large exciton-mediated nonlinearities with long-range coherence, ideal for energy harvesting and nonlinear optics. Optimizing EPs for these applications is…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-05 Yongseok Hong , Ding Xu , Milan Delor

Exceptional points (EPs) play a vital role in non-Hermitian (NH) systems, driving unique dynamical phenomena and promising innovative applications. However, the NH dynamics at EPs remains obscure due to the incomplete biorthogonal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 Yan Xing , Xuedong Zhao , Hui Jing , Shi-Lei Su

We exploit balancing the complex optical energy between scattering and guiding states at contrived exceptional points of degeneracy in order to form an active waveguide without utilizing an active medium. This study reports peculiar…

Optics · Physics 2020-01-03 Shahram Moradi

Exceptional points (EPs) are distinct characteristics of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians that have no counterparts in Hermitian systems. In this study, we focus on EPs in continuous systems rather than discrete non-Hermitian systems, which are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 Y. T. Wang , R. Wang , X. Z. Zhang

Exceptional points (EPs) in non-Hermitian photonic systems enable unconventional control of wave amplitude and phase. However, identifying the EPs in multidimensional parameter space of a system can be nontrivial and, in some cases, even…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-17 Y. F. Li , Biao Chen , Y. Wu , Y. Liu , H. Lin , Bin Zhou

Achieving superradiant lasing with an ultranarrow linewidth is crucial for enhancing atomic clock stability in quantum precision measurement. By employing the exceptional point (EP) property of the system, we demonstrate theoretically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Min Du , Qian Bin , Qing-Yang Qiu , Franco Nori , Xin-You Lü

The exceptional points (EPs) aroused from the non-Hermiticity bring rich phenomena, such as exceptional nodal topologies, unidirectional invisibility, single-mode lasing, sensitivity enhancement and energy harvesting. Isolated high-order…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-19 Yang Wu , Yunhan Wang , Xiangyu Ye , Wenquan Liu , Zhibo Niu , Chang-Kui Duan , Ya Wang , Xing Rong , Jiangfeng Du

We study the elastodynamics of a periodic metastructure incorporating a defect pair that enforces a parity-time (PT) symmetry due to a judiciously engineered imaginary impedance elements - one having energy amplification (gain) and the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Yanghao Fang , Tsampikos Kottos , Ramathasan Thevamaran

Evolution of resonant frequencies and resonant modes as dependent on the aspect ratio is considered in a dielectric high index spheroid. Because of rotational symmetry of the spheroid the solutions are separated by the azimuthal index $m$.…

Optics · Physics 2021-11-17 Evgeny Bulgakov , Konstantin Pichugin , Almas Sadreev

An efficient mass sensor based on exceptional points (EPs), engineered under synthetic magnetism requirement, is proposed. The benchmark system consists of an electromechanical (optomechanical) system where an electric (optical) field is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-09 S. R. Mbokop Tchounda , P. Djorwé , S. G. Nana Engo , B. Djafari-Rouhani

We demonstrate that exceptional points of degeneracy (EPDs) are obtained in two coupled waveguides without resorting to gain and loss. We show the general concept that modes resulting from a proper coupling of forward and backward waves…

Optics · Physics 2023-02-01 Tarek Mealy , Filippo Capolino

We demonstrate third-order conjugate exceptional points (EPs) in a gain-loss assisted multi-mode 1D complementary photonic bandgap waveguide. Our study reveals the higher-order mode conversion phenomenon facilitated by parametrically…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-02 Sibnath Dey , Harish N S Krishnamoorthy , Somnath Ghosh

A laser exhibits both controllable gain and loss and, under proper design conditions, is an ideal non-Hermitian system allowing the direct observation and engineering of spectral singularities such as exceptional points (EPs). A dual…

Higher-order exceptional points (EPs), resulting from non-Hermitian degeneracies, have shown greater advantages in sensitive enhancement than second-order EPs (EP2s). Therefore, seeking higher-order EPs in various quantum systems is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Wei Xiong , Zhuanxia Li , Yiling Song , Jiaojiao Chen , Guoqiang Zhang , Mingfeng Wang

This paper considers the effects of small highly contrasted particles on the subwavelength resonances of a system of high-contrast resonators, with an application to sensing. The key technique is a multiple scattering expansion of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Jinghao Cao , Jörg Nick