Synthetic exceptional points and unidirectional zero reflection in non-Hermitian acoustic systems

C Shen, J Li, X Peng, SA Cummer - Physical Review Materials, 2018 - APS
Exceptional points (EPs) are responsible for a number of interesting phenomena in non-
Hermitian wave systems. Here we show, both theoretically and experimentally, that EPs can …

Non-Hermitian acoustic metamaterials: Role of exceptional points in sound absorption

V Achilleos, G Theocharis, O Richoux, V Pagneux - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are obtained to describe coherent perfect absorbing
and lasing boundary conditions. PT symmetry of the Hamiltonians enables us to design …

Absorption-lasing effects and exceptional points in parity-time symmetric non-Hermitian metaplates

R Cai, Y Jin, Y Li, J Zhu, H Zhu, T Rabczuk… - Journal of Sound and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-Hermitian systems that possess loss and gain have been receiving a great deal of
interest in various wave problems demonstrating diverse unprecedented wave phenomena …

[HTML][HTML] Asymmetric scattering of flexural waves in a parity-time symmetric metamaterial beam

Q Wu, Y Chen, G Huang - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Non-Hermitian parity-time (⁠ PT⁠) symmetric systems that possess real eigenvalues have
been intensively investigated in quantum mechanics and rapidly extended to optics and …

Acoustic impurity shielding induced by a pair of metasurfaces respecting symmetry

H Zhang, Y Zhang, X Liu, Y Bao, J Zhao - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Impurities usually affect the transmission of acoustic signals, and how to effectively suppress
their adverse effects is an important content in the research of acoustic materials. In a recent …

[PDF][PDF] Exceptional ring by non-Hermitian sonic crystals

BB Wang, Y Ge, SQ Yuan, D Jia, HX Sun - Prog. Electromagn. Res., 2023 - jpier.org
Exceptional point (EP) and exceptional ring (ER) are unique features for non-Hermitian
systems, which have recently attracted great attentions in acoustics due to their rich physical …

Controlling sound in non-hermitian acoustic systems

Z Gu, H Gao, PC Cao, T Liu, XF Zhu, J Zhu - Physical Review Applied, 2021 - APS
The concept of non-Hermitian physics has inspired numerous intriguing phenomena in
classical wave systems. By introducing judicious arrangements of gain and loss media, non …

Experimental demonstration of an acoustic asymmetric diffraction grating based on passive parity-time-symmetric medium

Y Yang, H Jia, Y Bi, H Zhao, J Yang - Physical Review Applied, 2019 - APS
A passive parity-time (PT) symmetric medium provides a feasible scheme to experimentally
investigate non-Hermitian systems. We experimentally demonstrate an acoustic asymmetric …

Unidirectional wave vector manipulation in two-dimensional space with an all passive acoustic parity-time-symmetric metamaterials crystal

T Liu, X Zhu, F Chen, S Liang, J Zhu - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Exploring the concept of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians respecting parity-time symmetry with
classical wave systems is of great interest as it enables the experimental investigation of …

Topologically protected exceptional point with local non-Hermitian modulation in an acoustic crystal

Z Gu, H Gao, T Liu, S Liang, S An, Y Li, J Zhu - Physical Review Applied, 2021 - APS
The topological edge state (TES) may emerge at the interface between acoustic crystals with
distinct topological properties. It supports robust wave phenomena against geometry …