Exceptional points and non-Hermitian photonics at the nanoscale

A Li, H Wei, M Cotrufo, W Chen, S Mann, X Ni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Exceptional points (EPs) arising in non-Hermitian systems have led to a variety of intriguing
wave phenomena, and have been attracting increased interest in various physical platforms …

Non-Hermitian physics and PT symmetry

R El-Ganainy, KG Makris, M Khajavikhan… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
In recent years, notions drawn from non-Hermitian physics and parity–time (PT) symmetry
have attracted considerable attention. In particular, the realization that the interplay between …

Non-reciprocal phase transitions

M Fruchart, R Hanai, PB Littlewood, V Vitelli - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Out of equilibrium, a lack of reciprocity is the rule rather than the exception. Non-reciprocity
occurs, for instance, in active matter,,,,–, non-equilibrium systems,–, networks of neurons …

Non-Hermitian optics and photonics: from classical to quantum

C Wang, Z Fu, W Mao, J Qie, AD Stone… - Advances in Optics and …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Non-Hermitian optics is a burgeoning field at the intersection of quantum physics,
electrodynamics, and nanophotonics. It provides a new perspective of the role of gain and …

Non-Hermitian photonics based on parity–time symmetry

L Feng, R El-Ganainy, L Ge - Nature Photonics, 2017 - nature.com
Nearly one century after the birth of quantum mechanics, parity–time symmetry is
revolutionizing and extending quantum theories to include a unique family of non-Hermitian …

Enhanced sensitivity at higher-order exceptional points

H Hodaei, AU Hassan, S Wittek, H Garcia-Gracia… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Non-Hermitian degeneracies, also known as exceptional points, have recently emerged as
a new way to engineer the response of open physical systems, that is, those that interact …

Non-Hermitian and topological photonics: optics at an exceptional point

M Parto, YGN Liu, B Bahari, M Khajavikhan… - …, 2020 - degruyter.com
In the past few years, concepts from non-Hermitian (NH) physics, originally developed within
the context of quantum field theories, have been successfully deployed over a wide range of …

Robust wireless power transfer using a nonlinear parity–time-symmetric circuit

S Assawaworrarit, X Yu, S Fan - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Considerable progress in wireless power transfer has been made in the realm of non-
radiative transfer, which employs magnetic-field coupling in the near field,,,. A combination …

Edge-mode lasing in 1D topological active arrays

M Parto, S Wittek, H Hodaei, G Harari, MA Bandres… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We report the first observation of lasing topological edge states in a 1D Su-Schrieffer-
Heeger active array of microring resonators. We show that the judicious use of non …

Nonlinear parity-time-symmetric model for constant efficiency wireless power transfer: Application to a drone-in-flight wireless charging platform

J Zhou, B Zhang, W **ao, D Qiu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A major challenge for practical wireless power transfer (WPT) applications is to attain stable
power transfer with high and constant transfer efficiency under a dynamic change of …