Unidirectional reflectionless light propagation at exceptional points

Y Huang, Y Shen, C Min, S Fan, G Veronis - Nanophotonics, 2017 - degruyter.com
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive review of unidirectional reflectionless light
propagation in photonic devices at exceptional points (EPs). EPs, which are branch point …

Emerging trend in unconventional metasurfaces: From nonlinear, non-hermitian to nonclassical metasurfaces

Y Fan, H Liang, J Li, DP Tsai, S Zhang - Acs Photonics, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metasurfaces, benefiting from the flexibility in engineering the resonance, near-field,
symmetry, and scattering properties of individual building blocks, are promising not only for …

Willis metamaterial on a structured beam

Y Liu, Z Liang, J Zhu, L **a, O Mondain-Monval… - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
Bianisotropy is common in electromagnetism whenever a cross-coupling between electric
and magnetic responses exists. However, the analogous concept for elastic waves in solids …

Unravelling PT Symmetry: Applications in Metamaterials

C PR, SK - Plasmonics, 2024 - Springer
Physicists are always riveted in predicting how a physical system behaves as a function of
time. We begin this review article by understanding various formalisms to study the …

Electromagnetic impurity-immunity induced by parity-time symmetry

J Luo, J Li, Y Lai - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
Impurities usually play an important role in modifying the bulk properties of electronic or
electromagnetic materials. In this work, we demonstrate a way to break this discipline and …

Unidirectional reflectionless propagation in plasmonic waveguide-cavity systems at exceptional points

Y Huang, G Veronis, C Min - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We design a non-parity-time-symmetric plasmonic waveguide-cavity system, consisting of
two metal-dielectric-metal stub resonators side coupled to a metal-dielectric-metal …

Exceptional points of degeneracy in periodic coupled waveguides and the interplay of gain and radiation loss: Theoretical and experimental demonstration

AF Abdelshafy, MAK Othman… - … on Antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel paradigm for dispersion engineering in coupled transmission lines
(CTLs) based on exceptional points of degeneracy (EPDs). We also develop a theory for …

Symmetry-protected scattering in non-Hermitian linear systems

L **, Z Song - Chinese Physics Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Symmetry plays fundamental role in physics and the nature of symmetry changes in non-
Hermitian physics. Here the symmetry-protected scattering in non-Hermitian linear systems …

Theory of exceptional points of degeneracy in uniform coupled waveguides and balance of gain and loss

MAK Othman, F Capolino - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a transmission line theory of exceptional points of degeneracy (EPD) in coupled-
mode guiding structures, ie, a theory that illustrates the characteristics of coupled …

Simultaneous realization of a coherent perfect absorber and laser by zero-index media with both gain and loss

P Bai, K Ding, G Wang, J Luo, ZQ Zhang, CT Chan… - Physical review A, 2016 - APS
We investigate a unique type of zero-index medium with both gain and loss (ZIMGL), whose
effective permittivity and permeability are both purely imaginary but of opposite signs. We …