Non-Hermitian and topological photonics: optics at an exceptional point

M Parto, YGN Liu, B Bahari, M Khajavikhan… - …, 2020 - degruyter.com
In the past few years, concepts from non-Hermitian (NH) physics, originally developed within
the context of quantum field theories, have been successfully deployed over a wide range of …

Non-Hermitian Electromagnetic Metasurfaces at Exceptional Points.

Z Li, G Cao, C Li, S Dong, Y Deng, X Liu, JS Ho… - Progress In …, 2021 - jpier.org
Exceptional points are spectral singularities in non-Hermitian systems at which two or more
eigenvalues and their corresponding eigenvectors simultaneously coalesce. Originating …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces

SA Schulz, R Oulton, M Kenney, A Alù, I Staude… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Here we present a roadmap on Photonic metasurfaces. This document consists of a number
of perspective articles on different applications, challenge areas or technologies underlying …

Subwavelength control of light transport at the exceptional point by non-Hermitian metagratings

Y Xu, L Li, H Jeong, S Kim, I Kim, J Rho, Y Liu - Science advances, 2023 - science.org
The concept of non-Hermitian physics, originally developed in the context of quantum field
theory, has been investigated on distinct photonic platforms and created a plethora of …

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 …

Non-Hermitian metasurfaces for the best of plasmonics and dielectrics

F Yang, A Hwang, C Doiron, GV Naik - Optical Materials Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Materials and their geometry make up the tools for designing nanophotonic devices. In the
past, the real part of the refractive index of materials has remained the focus for designing …

Transfer of information through waveguides near an exceptional point

N Moiseyev, M Šindelka - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
The propagation of light in a pair of waveguides (WGs) with a complex index of refraction is
studied, when the WG parameters are adjusted in such a way as to bring the system …

Pseudochirality at exceptional rings of optical metasurfaces

R Kolkowski, S Kovaios, AF Koenderink - Physical Review Research, 2021 - APS
Non-Hermitian optical metasurfaces have recently attracted interest as a platform for
controlling light in amplitude, phase, and polarization. Here we predict that breaking parity …

Tailored diffraction asymmetries from spatially odd-symmetric phase gratings

S Hua, YM Liu, GE Lio, XJ Zhang, JH Wu, M Artoni… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Phase gratings, each period of which consists of even numbers of equal-width and equal-
thickness elements, can be devised to attain asymmetric diffraction patterns. We show that …

Advancing tunable structured light with PT-symmetric dammann grating metasurfaces

X Cai, Z Shi, H Jiang, Y Deng - Applied Physics B, 2024 - Springer
Using Dammann grating (DG) metasurfaces enables miniaturization and integration of
devices for generating structured light, allowing them to be used in different applications with …