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The advent of non-Hermitian physics has enriched the plethora of topological phases to include phenomena without Hermitian counterparts. Despite being among the most well-studied uniquely non-Hermitian features, the topological properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-05 Marcus Stålhammar , Lukas Rødland

Even in the linear limit, the topology of multifold (also called higher-order) exceptional points across the Brillouin zone has lacked a general characterization, leaving the doubling theorem essentially limited to two-fold exceptional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Tsuneya Yoshida

Exceptional points (EPs) are non-Hermitian spectral degeneracies marking a simultaneous coalescence of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Despite the fact that multiband $n$-fold EPs (EP$n$s) generically emerge as special points on manifolds of…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-16 Anton Montag , Jordan Isaacs , Marcus Stålhammar , Flore K. Kunst

We investigate the existence of higher order exceptional points (EPs) in non-Hermitian systems, and show that $\mu$-fold EPs are stable in $\mu-1$ dimensions in the presence of anti-unitary symmetries that are local in parameter space, such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Pierre Delplace , Tsuneya Yoshida , Yasuhiro Hatsugai

As the counterpart of Hermitian nodal structures, the geometry formed by exceptional points (EPs), such as exceptional lines (ELs), entails intriguing spectral topology. We report the experimental realization of order-3 exceptional lines…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 Weiyuan Tang , Kun Ding , Guancong Ma

We numerically verify and analytically prove a winding number invariant that correctly predicts the number of edge states in one-dimensional, nearest-neighbor (between unit cells), two-band models with any complex couplings and open…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-28 Janet Zhong , Heming Wang , Alexander N Poddubny , Shanhui Fan

Exceptional points (EPs) are non-Hermitian degeneracies where eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, giving rise to unusual physical effects across scientific disciplines. The concept of EPs has recently been extended to nonlinear physical…

Owing to the presence of exceptional points (EPs), non-Hermitian (NH) systems can display intriguing topological phenomena without Hermitian analogs. However, experimental characterizations of exceptional topological invariants have been…

Exceptional points of order $n$ (EP$n$s) appear in non-Hermitian systems as points where the eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce. They emerge if $2(n-1)$ real constraints are imposed, such that EP2s generically appear in two dimensions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-07 Anton Montag , Flore K. Kunst

Exceptional points (EPs) are degeneracies of non-Hermitian operators where, in addition to the eigenvalues, corresponding eigenmodes become degenerate. Classical and quantum photonic systems with EPs have attracted tremendous attention due…

Certain real parameters of a Hamiltonian, when continued to complex values, can give rise to singular points called exceptional points ($EP$'s), where two or more eigenvalues coincide and the complexified Hamiltonian becomes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-20 Ipsita Mandal

Exceptional points at which eigenvalues and eigenvectors of non-Hermitian matrices coalesce are ubiquitous in the description of a wide range of platforms from photonic or mechanical metamaterials to open quantum systems. Here, we introduce…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 Tsuneya Yoshida , Emil J. Bergholtz , Tomáš Bzdušek

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

Exceptional points (EPs), at which both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, are ubiquitous and unique features of non-Hermitian systems. Second-order EPs are by far the most studied due to their abundance, requiring only the tuning of…

Optics · Physics 2023-01-02 Ipsita Mandal , Emil J. Bergholtz

Defective spectral degeneracy, known as exceptional point (EP), lies at the heart of various intriguing phenomena in optics, acoustics, and other nonconservative systems. Despite extensive studies in the past two decades, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-13 Cui-Xian Guo , Shu Chen , Kun Ding , Haiping Hu

Exceptional degeneracies, at which both eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce, and parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry, reflecting balanced gain and loss in photonic systems, are paramount concepts in non-Hermitian systems. We here…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-16 Marcus Stålhammar , Emil J. Bergholtz

Exceptional points~(EPs) appear as degeneracies in the spectrum of non-Hermitian matrices at which the eigenvectors coalesce. In general, an EP of order $n$ may find room to emerge if $2(n-1)$ real constraints are imposed. Our results show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-29 Sharareh Sayyad , Flore K. Kunst

A pair of anisotropic exceptional points (EPs) of arbitrary order are found in a class of non-Hermitian random systems with asymmetric hoppings. Both eigenvalues and eigenvectors exhibit distinct behaviors when these anisotropic EPs are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-12 Yi-Xin Xiao , Zhao-Qing Zhang , Zhi Hong Hang , C. T. Chan

Non-orientable manifolds, such as the M\"obius strip and the Klein bottle, defy conventional geometric intuition through their twisted boundary conditions. As a result, topological defects on non-orientable manifolds give rise to novel…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-19 Jung-Wan Ryu , Jae-Ho Han , Moon Jip Park , Hee Chul Park , Chang-Hwan Yi

Exceptional points (EPs) are peculiar band singularities and play a vital role in a rich array of unusual optical phenomena and non-Hermitian band theory. In this paper, we provide a topological classification of isolated EPs based on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-29 Haiping Hu , Shikang Sun , Shu Chen
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