Non-hermitian physics

Y Ashida, Z Gong, M Ueda - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A review is given on the foundations and applications of non-Hermitian classical and
quantum physics. First, key theorems and central concepts in non-Hermitian linear algebra …

Toroidal metaphotonics and metadevices

A Ahmadivand, B Gerislioglu, R Ahuja… - Laser & Photonics …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Toroidal moments in artificial media have received growing attention and considered as a
promising framework for initiating novel approaches to manage intrinsic radiative losses in …

Reaching the efficiency limit of arbitrary polarization transformation with non-orthogonal metasurfaces

Y Yuan, K Zhang, Q Wu, SN Burokur… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Polarization transformation is at the foundation of modern applications in photonics and
quantum optics. Notwithstanding their applicative interests, basic theoretical and …

Matrix Fourier optics enables a compact full-Stokes polarization camera

NA Rubin, G D'Aversa, P Chevalier, Z Shi, WT Chen… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Polarization describes the path along which light's electric field vector
oscillates. An essential quality of electromagnetic radiation, polarization is often omitted in its …

Experimental realization of a Weyl exceptional ring

A Cerjan, S Huang, M Wang, KP Chen, Y Chong… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Weyl points are isolated degeneracies in reciprocal space that are monopoles of the Berry
curvature. This topological charge makes them inherently robust to Hermitian perturbations …

Coherent full polarization control based on bound states in the continuum

M Kang, Z Zhang, T Wu, X Zhang, Q Xu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are resonant modes of open structures that do not
suffer damping, despite being compatible with radiation in terms of their momentum. They …

Direct measurement of a non-Hermitian topological invariant in a hybrid light-matter system

R Su, E Estrecho, D Biegańska, Y Huang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Topology is central to understanding and engineering materials that display robust physical
phenomena immune to imperfections. Different topological phases of matter are …

Non-Hermitian chiral degeneracy of gated graphene metasurfaces

S Baek, SH Park, D Oh, K Lee, S Lee, H Lim… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-Hermitian degeneracies, also known as exceptional points (EPs), have been the focus
of much attention due to their singular eigenvalue surface structure. Nevertheless, as …

Nonseparable polarization wavefront transformation

Z Shi, NA Rubin, JS Park, F Capasso - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
In this Letter, we investigate a new class of polarization wave front transformations which
exhibit nonconventional far field interference behavior. We show that these can be realized …

Effects of non-Hermitian perturbations on Weyl Hamiltonians with arbitrary topological charges

A Cerjan, M Xiao, L Yuan, S Fan - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We provide a systematic study of non-Hermitian topologically charged systems. Starting from
a Hermitian Hamiltonian supporting Weyl points with arbitrary topological charge, adding a …