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In an ideal quantum measurement, the wave function of a quantum system collapses to an eigenstate of the measured observable, and the corresponding eigenvalue determines the measurement outcome. If the observable commutes with the system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-13 Dayou Yang , Andrey Grankin , Lukas M. Sieberer , Denis V. Vasilyev , Peter Zoller

We generalize the Milne quantization condition to non-Hermitian systems. In the general case the underlying nonlinear Ermakov-Milne-Pinney equation needs to be replaced by a nonlinear integral differential equation. However, when the system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-16 Sanjib Dey , Andreas Fring , Laure Gouba

The physics of systems that cannot be described by a Hermitian Hamiltonian, has been attracting a great deal of attention in recent years, motivated by their nontrivial responses and by a plethora of applications for sensing, lasing, energy…

Optics · Physics 2021-03-16 Alex Krasnok , Nikita Nefedkin , Andrea Alu

Unitarity is a cornerstone of quantum theory, ensuring the conservation of probability and information. Although non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are typically associated with open or dissipative systems, pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics shows…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-03 Ruifeng Leng , Cheng-Yang Lee , Siyi Zhou

The Hatano-Nelson (HN) Hamiltonian has played a pivotal role in catalyzing research interest in non-Hermitian systems, primarily because it showcases unique physical phenomena that arise solely due to non-Hermiticity. The non-Hermiticity in…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-09-09 Ritaban Samanta , Aditi Chakrabarty , Sanjoy Datta

Non-Hermiticity gives rise to unique topological phases that have no counterparts in Hermitian systems. Such intrinsic non-Hermitian topological phases appear even in one dimension while no topological phases appear in one-dimensional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-04-20 Kohei Kawabata , Ken Shiozaki , Shinsei Ryu

In complete analogy with the classical situation (which is briefly reviewed) it is possible to define bi-Hamiltonian descriptions for Quantum systems. We also analyze compatible Hermitian structures in full analogy with compatible Poisson…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Marmo , G. Scolarici , A. Simoni , F. Ventriglia

Entanglement is one of the key feature of quantum world that has no classical counterpart. This arises due to the linear superposition principle and the tensor product structure of the Hilbert space when we deal with multiparticle systems.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-09-14 Arun Kumar Pati

It is shown that the standard formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of Hermitian Hamiltonians is overly restrictive. A consistent physical theory of quantum mechanics can be built on a complex Hamiltonian that is not Hermitian but…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-18 Carl M. Bender , Dorje C. Brody , Hugh F. Jones

Quantum metrology employs quantum properties to enhance the precision of physical parameters, in order to characterize quantum states as well as channels. Frequency and temperature estimations are of fundamental importance for these tasks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Jonas F. G. Santos

Non-Hermitian quantum system recently have attracted a lots of attentions theoretically and experimentally. However, the results based on the single-particle picture may not apply to understand the property of non-Hermitian many-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-23 Wen-Bin He , Jiasen Jin , Fernando Iemini , Hai-Qing Lin

Many-body localized phases retain memory of their initial conditions in disordered interacting systems with unitary dynamics. The stability of the localized phase due to the breakdown of unitarity is of relevance to experiment in the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-03-19 József Mák , M. J. Bhaseen , Arijeet Pal

The evolution of entanglement in a non-Hermitian quantum system may behave differently compared to its Hermitian counterpart. In this paper, we investigate the entanglement dynamics of two coupled and driven non-Hermitian qubits. Through…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-31 Yi-Xi Zhang , Zhen-Tao Zhang , Xiao-Zhi Wei , Bao-Long Liang , Feng Mei , Zhen-Shan Yang

Non-Hermitian systems are widespread in both classical and quantum physics. The dynamics of such systems has recently become a focal point of research, showcasing surprising behaviors that include apparent violation of the adiabatic theorem…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-15 Parveen Kumar , Yuval Gefen , Kyrylo Snizhko

Critical states in quasiperiodic systems defy the conventional dichotomy between extended and localized states. In this work, we demonstrate that non-Hermiticity fundamentally reshapes this paradigm by giving rise to an exactly solvable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-02 Zhangyuan Chen , Muhammad Idrees , Ying Yang , Xianqi Tong , Xiaosen Yang

The quantum many-body bound-state problem in its computationally successful coupled cluster method (CCM) representation is reconsidered. In conventional practice one factorizes the ground-state wave functions $|\Psi\rangle= e^S…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-02 Raymond F. Bishop , Miloslav Znojil

To effectively realize a $\cal PT$-symmetric system, one can dilate a $\cal PT$-symmetric Hamiltonian to some global Hermitian one and simulate its evolution in the dilated Hermitian system. However, with only a global Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Minyi Huang , Ray-Kuang Lee , Junde Wu

The recently introduced by us two- and three-parameter ($p,q$)- and ($p,q,\mu$)-deformed extensions of the Heisenberg algebra were explored under the condition of their direct link with the respective (nonstandard) deformed quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-05 A. M. Gavrilik , I. I. Kachurik

Non-Hermitian systems display remarkable response effects that reflect a variety of distinct spectral scenarios, such as exceptional points where the eigensystem becomes defective. However, present frameworks treat the different scenarios…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-12 Subhajyoti Bid , Henning Schomerus

Non-Hermitian (NH) Hamiltonians have been shown to exhibit unique signatures, including the NH skin effect and an exponential spectral sensitivity with respect to boundary conditions. Here, we investigate as to what extent these remarkable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-29 Tommaso Micallo , Carl Lehmann , Jan Carl Budich