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 …

Topological physics of non-Hermitian optics and photonics: a review

H Wang, X Zhang, J Hua, D Lei, M Lu, Y Chen - Journal of Optics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The notion of non-Hermitian optics and photonics rooted in quantum mechanics and
photonic systems has recently attracted considerable attention ushering in tremendous …

All-optical switch based on novel physics effects

H Qi, X Wang, X Hu, Z Du, J Yang, Z Yu… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
All-optical switches are among the most important parts of integrated photonics. Ultrahigh
speed and ultralow energy consumption are two necessary indexes of all-optical switches …

On‐Chip Light–Atom Interactions: Physics and Applications

W Wang, Y Xu, Z Chai - Advanced Photonics Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The large volumes induced by complex free‐space optical paths pose a challenge to
quantum precision measurement and optical communication in traditional optics …

Formation of exceptional points in pseudo-Hermitian systems

GA Starkov, MV Fistul, IM Eremin - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Motivated by the recent growing interest in the field of PT-symmetric Hamiltonian systems we
theoretically study the emergence of singularities called exceptional points (EPs) in the …

Symmetry-induced higher-order exceptional points in two dimensions

A Montag, FK Kunst - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Exceptional points of order n (EP ns) appear in non-Hermitian systems as points where the
eigenvalues and eigenvectors coalesce. They emerge if 2 (n− 1) real constraints are …

Scalable higher-order exceptional surface with passive resonators

H Yang, X Mao, GQ Qin, M Wang, H Zhang, D Ruan… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The sensitivity of perturbation sensing can be effectively enhanced with higher-order
exceptional points due to the nonlinear response to frequency splitting. However …

Quantum phase transitions in non-Hermitian PT-symmetric transverse-field Ising spin chains

GA Starkov, MV Fistul, IM Eremin - Annals of Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a theoretical study of quantum phases and quantum phase transitions occurring
in non-Hermitian P T-symmetric superconducting qubits chains described by a transverse …

Observation of anti-PT-symmetry and higher-order exceptional point PT-symmetry in ternary systems for single-mode operation

M Jahangiri, GM Parsanasab, L Hajshahvaladi - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Nowadays, topological parity-time (PT) and anti-parity-time (APT) symmetry systems have
attracted substantial attention due to their noticeable features and specific applications. The …

Reverse-chiral response of two -symmetric optical systems hosting conjugate exceptional points

A Laha, S Dey, S Ghosh - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Exceptional points (EPs) are a special kind of singularity that appear as topological defects
in parameter-dependent open systems. Here we propose the concept of conjugate EPs …