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 …

Metamaterials and metasurfaces: A review from the perspectives of materials, mechanisms and advanced metadevices

A Ali, A Mitra, B Aïssa - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Throughout human history, the control of light, electricity and heat has evolved to become
the cornerstone of various innovations and developments in electrical and electromagnetic …

Vortex laser arrays with topological charge control and self-healing of defects

M Piccardo, M de Oliveira, A Toma, V Aglieri… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Geometric arrays of vortices found in various systems owe their regular structure to mutual
interactions within a confined system. In optics, such vortex crystals may form spontaneously …

Chiral and degenerate perfect absorption on exceptional surfaces

S Soleymani, Q Zhong, M Mokim, S Rotter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Engineering light-matter interactions using non-Hermiticity, particularly through spectral
degeneracies known as exceptional points (EPs), is an emerging field with potential …

Quantum Engineering With Hybrid Magnonic Systems and Materials (Invited Paper)

DD Awschalom, CR Du, R He… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum technology has made tremendous strides over the past two decades with
remarkable advances in materials engineering, circuit design, and dynamic operation. In …

Refractive index sensing with optical bound states in the continuum

DN Maksimov, VS Gerasimov, S Romano… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We consider refractive index sensing with optical bounds states in the continuum (BICs) in
dielectric gratings. Applying a perturbative approach we derived the differential sensitivity …

Petermann-factor sensitivity limit near an exceptional point in a Brillouin ring laser gyroscope

H Wang, YH Lai, Z Yuan, MG Suh, K Vahala - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Exceptional points are singularities of open systems, and among their many remarkable
properties, they provide a way to enhance the responsivity of sensors. Here we show that …

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 …

Chiral exceptional point and coherent suppression of backscattering in silicon microring with low loss Mie scatterer

H Lee, A Kecebas, F Wang, L Chang, SK Özdemir… - Elight, 2023 - Springer
Non-Hermitian systems with their spectral degeneracies known as exceptional points (EPs)
have been explored for lasing, controlling light transport, and enhancing a sensor's …

Nontrivial point-gap topology and non-Hermitian skin effect in photonic crystals

J Zhong, K Wang, Y Park, V Asadchy, CC Wojcik… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We show that two-dimensional non-Hermitian photonic crystals made of lossy material can
exhibit nontrivial point-gap topology in terms of topological winding in its complex frequency …