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Exceptional point (EP) degeneracies in coupled cavities with gain and loss provide on-chip photonic devices with unconventional features and performance. However, such systems with realistic structures often miss the exact EPs even in…

Optics · Physics 2022-01-26 Kenta Takata , Nathan Roberts , Akihiko Shinya , Masaya Notomi

Exceptional point (EP) is a spectral singularity in non-Hermitian systems. The passing over the EP leads to a phase transition, which endows the system with unconventional features that find a wide range of applications. However, the need…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-19 T. T. Sergeev , A. A. Zyablovsky , E. S. Andrianov , Yu. E. Lozovik

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians can give rise to exceptional points (EPs) which have been extensively explored with nominally identical coupled resonators. Here a non-Hermitian electromechanical system is developed which hosts vibration modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-06 P. Renault , H. Yamaguchi , I. Mahboob

A novel anti-P-pseudo-Hermitian mechanical system that integrates piezoelectric actuators and sensors with non-reciprocal coupling into mechanical beams is proposed. This configuration enables the system to exhibit programmable exceptional…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Yanzheng Wang , Jianlei Zhao , Qian Wu , Xiaoming Zhou , Heng Jiang , Weiqiu Chen , Mu Wang , Guoliang Huang

Exceptional points (EPs) are singularities in the parameter space of a non-Hermitian system where eigenenergies and eigenstates coincide. They hold promise for enhancing sensing applications, but this is limited by the divergence of shot…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-07 Xu Zheng , Y. D. Chong

High-order perfect absorption of coherent input has recently attracted significant attention due to its broadband absorption capacity. However, the realization of a high-order perfect absorber relies on the exceptional point (EP) to…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-01 Huisheng Xu , Luojia Wang , Luqi Yuan , Liang Jin

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

Non-Hermitian singularities known as exceptional-points (EPs) have been shown to exhibit increased sensitivities but the observation of EPs has so far been limited to wavelength scaled systems subject to diffraction limit. We propose a…

Optics · Physics 2019-04-03 J. -H. Park , A. Ndao , W. Cai , L. -Y. Hsu , A. Kodigala , T. Lepetit , Y. -H. Lo , B. Kanté

Controlling gain and loss of coupled optical cavities can induce non-Hermitian degeneracies of eigenstates, called exceptional points (EPs). Various unconventional phenomena around EPs have been reported, and expected to incorporate extra…

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…

The unique properties of exceptional point (EP) singularities, arising from non-Hermitian physics, have unlocked new possibilities for manipulating light-matter interactions. A tailored gain-loss variation, while encircling higher-order EPs…

Recently, sensors with resonances at exceptional points (EPs) have been suggested to have a vastly improved sensitivity due to the extraordinary scaling of the complex frequency splitting of the $n$ initially degenerate modes with the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-08-08 W. Langbein

Non-Hermitian exceptional points (EPs) represent a special type of degeneracy where not only the eigenvalues coalesce, but also the eigenstates tend to collapse on each other. Recent studies have shown that in the presence of an EP,…

This paper theoretically and numerically studies the response characteristics of non-Hermitian resonant photonic systems operating near an exceptional point (EP), where two resonant eigenmodes coalesce. It is shown that a system near an EP…

Optics · Physics 2018-04-06 Satoshi Sunada

Exceptional points (EP) are non-Hermitian spectral degeneracies where both eigenvalues and their corresponding eigenvectors coalesce. Recently, EPs have attracted a lot of attention as a means to enhance the responsivity of sensors, via the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-02-22 Rodion Kononchuk , Jizhe Cai , Fred Ellis , Ramathasan Thevamaran , Tsampikos Kottos

Exceptional points (EPs) with their intriguing spectral topology have attracted considerable attention in a broad range of physical systems, with potential sensing applications driving much of the present research in this field. Here we…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-29 Jan Wingenbach , Stefan Schumacher , Xuekai Ma

Systems exhibiting degeneracies known as exceptional points have remarkable properties with powerful applications, particularly in sensor design. These degeneracies are formed when eigenstates coincide, and the remarkable effects are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-04 Habib Ammari , Bryn Davies , Erik Orvehed Hiltunen , Hyundae Lee , Sanghyeon Yu

We theoretically study diverse exceptional points (EPs) in an experimentally feasible magno-optomechanics consisting of an optomechanical subsystem coupled to a magnomechanical subsystem via physically direct contact. By adiabatically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-14 Wen-Di He , Xiao-Hong Fan , Ming-Yue Liu , Guo-Qiang Zhang , Hai-Chao Li , Wei Xiong

Exceptional points (EPs) are degeneracies of non-Hermitian systems, where both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce. Classical and quantum systems exhibiting high-order EPs have recently been identified as fundamental building blocks for…

Compared with an isolated exceptional point, exceptional surfaces in non-Hermitian systems are more robust against environment noises, fabrication errors, and experimental uncertainties. Thanks to this, exceptional surfaces can be applied…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Guo-Qiang Zhang , Si-Yan Lin , Wei Feng , Yu Wang , Yang Yu , Chui-Ping Yang