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 …

Two‐photon polymerization lithography for optics and photonics: fundamentals, materials, technologies, and applications

H Wang, W Zhang, D Ladika, H Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of additive manufacturing has fueled a revolution in various research
fields and industrial applications. Among the myriad of advanced 3D printing techniques …

Topological non-Hermitian skin effect

R Lin, T Tai, L Li, CH Lee - Frontiers of Physics, 2023 - Springer
This article reviews recent developments in the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE),
particularly on its rich interplay with topology. The review starts off with a pedagogical …

A second wave of topological phenomena in photonics and acoustics

X Zhang, F Zangeneh-Nejad, ZG Chen, MH Lu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Light and sound are the most ubiquitous forms of waves, associated with a variety of
phenomena and physical effects such as rainbows and echoes. Light and sound, both …

Non-Hermitian topology and exceptional-point geometries

K Ding, C Fang, G Ma - Nature Reviews Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Non-Hermitian theory is a theoretical framework used to describe open systems. It offers a
powerful tool in the characterization of both the intrinsic degrees of freedom of a system and …

Non-Hermitian topological phenomena: A review

N Okuma, M Sato - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The past decades have witnessed an explosion of interest in topological materials, and a lot
of mathematical concepts have been introduced in condensed matter physics. Among them …

Controlling mass and energy diffusion with metamaterials

F Yang, Z Zhang, L Xu, Z Liu, P **, P Zhuang… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024 - APS
Diffusion driven by temperature or concentration gradients is a fundamental mechanism of
energy and mass transport that inherently differs from wave propagation in both physical …

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 …

Observation of geometry-dependent skin effect in non-Hermitian phononic crystals with exceptional points

Q Zhou, J Wu, Z Pu, J Lu, X Huang, W Deng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Exceptional points and skin effect, as the two distinct hallmark features unique to the non-
Hermitian physics, have each attracted enormous interests. Recent theoretical works reveal …

Non-hermitian physics

Y Ashida, Z Gong, M Ueda - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A review is given on the foundations and applications of non-Hermitian classical and
quantum physics. First, key theorems and central concepts in non-Hermitian linear algebra …