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Time modulation can cause gain and loss in photonic media, leading to complex modal behaviors and enhanced wave controllability in the non-Hermitian regime. Conversely, we reveal that Hermiticity and parity-time $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-08 Rui-Chuan Zhang , Shu Yang , Yixin Sha , Zetao Xie , Yi Yang

The ordinary time-dependent perturbation theory of quantum mechanics, that describes the interaction of a stationary system with a time-dependent perturbation, predicts that the transition probabilities induced by the perturbation are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-11 S. Longhi , G. Della Valle

We study the dynamics and redistribution of entanglement and coherence in three time-dependent coupled harmonic oscillators. We resolve the Schr\"{o}dinger equation by using time-dependent Euler rotation together with a linear quench model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Radouan Hab-arrih , Ahmed Jellal , Abdeldjalil Merdaci

The inspiration for this theoretical paper comes from recent experiments on a PT-symmetric system of two coupled optical whispering galleries (optical resonators). The optical system can be modeled as a pair of coupled linear oscillators,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Carl M. Bender , Mariagiovanna Gianfreda

Here we present an strategy for the derivation of a time-dependent Dyson map which ensures simultaneously the unitarity of the time evolution and the observability of a quasi-Hermitian Hamiltonian. The time-dependent Dyson map is derived…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-28 F. S. Luiz , M. A. Pontes , M. H. Y. Moussa

Recently Bender, Brody, Jones and Meister found that in the quantum brachistochrone problem the passage time needed for the evolution of certain initial states into specified final states can be made arbitrarily small, when the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Paulo E. G. Assis , Andreas Fring

There exist a number of typical and interesting systems or models which possess three-generator Lie-algebraic structure in atomic physics, quantum optics, nuclear physics and laser physics. The well-known fact that all simple 3-generator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian-Qi Shen , Hong-Yi Zhu , Pan Chen

The evolution of a pair of resonant Bragg modes through a medium characterized by a complex one-dimensional $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric periodic permittivity is thoroughly investigated. Analytic solutions of Maxwell's equations are derived…

Optics · Physics 2020-01-08 P. A. Brandão , J. H. Nascimento. S. B. Cavalcanti

We consider wave transport phenomena in a $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric extension of the periodically-kicked quantum rotator model and reveal that dynamical localization assists the unbroken $\mathcal{PT}$ phase. In the delocalized (quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-25 Stefano Longhi

Nonlinear parity-time (PT) symmetry in non-Hermitian wireless power transfer (WPT) systems, while attracting significant attention from both physics and engineering communities, have posed formidable theoretical and practical challenges due…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-08-01 Xianglin Hao , Xiaosheng Wang , ke Yin , Sheng Ren , Chaoqiang Jiang , Jianlong Zou , Tianyu Dong , Chi Kong Tse

For a truly $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric quantum system, the conventional non-Hermitian Hamiltonian is $H = \Omega\sigma_x -i\gamma|1\rangle\langle1| + i\gamma|0\rangle\langle0|$, where $\Omega$ and $\gamma$ are real parameters and $\sigma_x$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-04 Bing-Bing Liu , Shi-Lei Su

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, and particularly parity-time (PT) and anti-PT symmetric Hamiltonians, play an important role in many branches of physics, from quantum mechanics to optical systems and acoustics. Both the PT and anti-PT…

In PT quantum mechanics a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics, that the Hamiltonian must be hermitian, is replaced by another set of requirements, including notably symmetry under PT, where P denotes parity and T denotes time…

We discuss the coherent states for PT-/non-PT-Symmetric and non-Hermitian generalized Morse Potential obtained by using path integral formalism over the holomorphic coordinates. We transform the action of generalized Morse potential into…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Nalan Kandirmaz , Ramazan Sever

We study the time evolution of a PT-symmetric, non-Hermitian quantum system for which the associated phase space is compact. We focus on the simplest non-trivial example of such a Hamiltonian, which is linear in the angular momentum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Iván F. Valtierra , Mario Gaeta , Adrian Ortega , Thomas Gorin

We derive a new time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation(TDSE) for quantum models with non-hermitian Hamiltonian. Within our theory, the TDSE is symmetric in the two Hilbert spaces spanned by the left and the right eigenstates, respectively.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-24 Ye Xiong , Peiqing Tong

We investigate the effects of a time-periodic, non-hermitian, PT-symmetric perturbation on a system with two (or few) levels, and obtain its phase diagram as a function of the perturbation strength and frequency. We demonstrate that when…

The method proposed by Inomata and his collaborators allows us to transform a damped Caldiroli-Kanai oscillator with time-dependent frequency to one with constant frequency and no friction by redefining the time variable, obtained by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-20 Q. -L. Zhao , P. -M. Zhang , P. A. Horvathy

Despite its non-Hermitian nature, the transverse optical beam shift exhibits both real eigenvalues and non-orthogonal eigenstates. To explore this unexpected similarity to typical PT (parity-time)-symmetric systems, we first categorize the…

Since the spatially extended periodic parity-time (PT) symmetric potential can possess certain unique properties compared to a single PT cell (with only a pair of coupled gain-loss components), various schemes have been proposed to realize…