Topological physics of non-Hermitian optics and photonics: a review

H Wang, X Zhang, J Hua, D Lei, M Lu, Y Chen - Journal of Optics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The notion of non-Hermitian optics and photonics rooted in quantum mechanics and
photonic systems has recently attracted considerable attention ushering in tremendous …

Fate of the non-Hermitian skin effect in many-body fermionic systems

F Alsallom, L Herviou, OV Yazyev, M Brzezińska - Physical Review Research, 2022 - APS
We revisit the fate of the skin modes in many-body non-Hermitian fermionic systems.
Contrary to the single-particle case, the many-body ground state cannot exhibit an …

symmetry breaking in multilayers with resonant loss and gain locks light propagation direction

DV Novitsky, A Karabchevsky, AV Lavrinenko… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Using the Maxwell-Bloch equations for resonantly absorbing and amplifying media, we
study the temporal dynamics of light propagation through the PT-symmetric structures with …

Nonreciprocal transmission in nonlinear PT‐symmetric metamaterials using epsilon‐near‐zero media doped with defects

B Jin, C Argyropoulos - Advanced Optical Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nonreciprocal transmission forms the basic operation mechanism of optical diodes and
isolators and requires the tantalizing task of breaking the Lorentz reciprocity law. In this …

Nonreciprocal optical links based on time-modulated nanoantenna arrays: Full-duplex communication

MM Salary, S Jafar-Zanjani, H Mosallaei - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Interference of transmitted and received signals hinders the simultaneous functionality of a
conventional optical antenna as a transmitter and receiver which is required for full-duplex …

Nanoantennas with balanced gain and loss

S Sanders, A Manjavacas - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
The large cross sections and strong confinement provided by the plasmon resonances of
metallic nanostructures make these systems an ideal platform to implement nanoantennas …

Analysis of the Limits of the Optical Response of a Metallic Nanoparticle with Gain

L Cerdán, A Manjavacas - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023 - ACS Publications
Metallic nanostructures endowed with optical gain are promising building blocks for the
development of active nanophotonic devices with enhanced optical responses as well as for …

Nonreciprocity through gain saturation in coupled nanocavities

J Mai, KW Cheah - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The nonreciprocal properties of coupled nanocavities incorporating a gain medium were
investigated. The proposed coupled nanocavities can be considered as a photonic non …

Effects of gain saturation on the quantum properties of light in a non-Hermitian gain-loss coupler

S Vashahri-Ghamsari, B He, M Xiao - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Gain saturation is ubiquitous but has not been fully explored in the newly developed field of
non-Hermitian optics. On the other hand, the nonclassical properties of light are highly …

Static synthetic gauge field control of double optomechanically induced transparency in a closed-contour interaction scheme

B Sütlüoğlu, C Bulutay - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We study theoretically an optical cavity and a parity-time (PT)-symmetric pair of mechanical
resonators, where all oscillators are pairwise coupled, forming an optomechanical system …