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As an exclusive feature of a non-Hermitian system, the existence of exceptional points (EPs) depends not only on the details of the Hamiltonian but also on the particle-number filling and the particle statistics. In this paper, we study…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-24 J. Y. Liu-Sun , Z. Song

We demonstrate that the above-threshold behavior of a laser can be strongly affected by exceptional points which are induced by pumping the laser nonuniformly. At these singularities, the eigenstates of the non-Hermitian operator which…

Optics · Physics 2012-04-25 M. Liertzer , Li Ge , A. Cerjan , A. D. Stone , H. E. Türeci , S. Rotter

Exceptional points (EPs) are degeneracies in open wave systems where at least two energy levels and their corresponding eigenstates coalesce. We report evidence of the existence of EPs in 3D plasmonic nanostructures. The systems are…

Optics · Physics 2017-02-02 Ashok Kodigala , Thomas Lepetit , Boubacar Kanté

Dissipation usually plays a negative role in quantum metrological technologies, which aim to improve measurement precision by leveraging quantum effects that are vulnerable to environment-induced decoherence. Recently, it has been…

Non-Hermitian systems can have peculiar degeneracies of eigenstates called exceptional points (EPs). An EP of $n$ degenerate states is said to have order $n$, and higher-order EPs (HEPs) with $n \ge 3$ exhibit intrinsic order-scaling…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-20 Kenta Takata , Adam Mock , Masaya Notomi , Akihiko Shinya

We calculate analytically the geometric phases that the eigenvectors of a parametric dissipative two-state system described by a complex symmetric Hamiltonian pick up when an exceptional point (EP) is encircled. An EP is a parameter setting…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Dembowski , B. Dietz , H. -D. Graef , H. L. Harney , A. Heine , W. D. Heiss , A. Richter

We construct a theory to introduce the concept of topologically robust exceptional points (EP). Starting from an ordered system with $N$ elements, we find the necessary condition to have the highest order exceptional point, namely…

Optics · Physics 2018-12-07 Cem Yuce , Hamidreza Ramezani

We show that arbitrarily high-order exceptional points (EPs) can be achieved in a repulsively interacting two-species Bose gas in one dimension. By exactly solving the non-Hermitian two-boson problem, we demonstrate the existence of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-01-23 Lei Pan , Shu Chen , Xiaoling Cui

Motivated by the recent growing interest in the field of $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$-symmetric Hamiltonian systems we theoretically study the emergency of singularities called Exceptional Points ($\textit{EP}$s) in the eigenspectrum of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-15 Grigory A. Starkov , Mikhail V. Fistul , Ilya M. Eremin

Exceptional points (EPs) in non-Hermitian systems offer a remarkably strong response to weak perturbations, but the nonorthogonal nature of the corresponding eigenvectors causes noise to diverge, hindering EPs practical application. Here,…

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit a variety of unique features rooted in the presence of exceptional points (EP). The distinct topological structure in the proximity of an EP gives rise to counterintuitive behaviors absent in Hermitian systems,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 He Zhang , Tong Liu , Zhongcheng Xiang , Kai Xu , Heng Fan , Dongning Zheng

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

We have investigated the exceptional points (EPs) which are degeneracies of a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, in the case that three modes are interacting with each other. Even though the parametric evolution of the modes cannot be uniquely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jung-Wan Ryu , Soo-Young Lee , Sang Wook Kim

Exceptional points (EPs), the degeneracy point of non-Hermitian systems, have recently attracted great attention after its ability to greatly enhance the sensitivity of micro-cavities is demonstrated experimentally. Unlike the usual…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Geng-Li Zhang , Di Liu , Xi-Ming Wang , Man-Hong Yung

Exceptional points are complex-valued spectral singularities that lead to a host of intriguing features such as loss-induced transparency - a counterintuitive process in which an increase in the system's overall loss can lead to enhanced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-13 Konrad Tschernig , Kurt Busch , Demetrios N. Christodoulides , Armando Perez-Leija

We theoretically investigate the optical bistability phenomenon in an ensemble of $N$ non-interacting three-level atoms trapped inside an optical cavity. The atoms are in a $\Lambda$-level configuration, where one atomic transition is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-21 M. H. Oliveira , H. S. Borges , J. A. Souza , C. J. Villas-Boas

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

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

Exceptional points (EPs), singularities of non-Hermitian physics where complex spectral resonances degenerate, are one of the most exotic features of nonequilibrium open systems with unique properties. For instance, the emission rate of…

Exceptional points (EPs) are special parameter values of a non-Hermitian eigenvalue problem where eigenfunctions corresponding to a multiple eigenvalue coalesce. In optics, EPs are associated with a number of counter-intuitive wave…

Optics · Physics 2019-10-08 Amgad Abdrabou , Ya Yan Lu