Exceptional dynamics at exceptional points.


Journal

Light, science & applications
ISSN: 2047-7538
Titre abrégé: Light Sci Appl
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101610753

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 Jan 2024
Historique:
medline: 8 1 2024
pubmed: 8 1 2024
entrez: 7 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Exceptional points (EPs), singularities of non-Hermitian systems, often exhibit exotic behaviors by engineering the balance between the system gain and loss. Now, EPs have been demonstrated to enable unidirectional perfect absorption/reflection at the visible light spectrum.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38185633
doi: 10.1038/s41377-023-01347-4
pii: 10.1038/s41377-023-01347-4
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

13

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Wenjie Wan (W)

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. wenjie.wan@sjtu.edu.cn.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China. wenjie.wan@sjtu.edu.cn.

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