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2009· article· en· 2,739 citations· W2047699813 on OpenAlex· 10.1103/physrevlett.103.093902

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Abstract

In 1998, Bender and Boettcher found that a wide class of Hamiltonians, even though non-Hermitian, can still exhibit entirely real spectra provided that they obey parity-time requirements or PT symmetry. Here we demonstrate experimentally passive PT-symmetry breaking within the realm of optics. This phase transition leads to a loss induced optical transparency in specially designed pseudo-Hermitian guiding potentials.

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Venue
Physical Review Letters
Topic
Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
Field
Physics and Astronomy
Canadian institutions
Université de SherbrookeInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Funders
Keywords
Hermitian matrixPhysicsSymmetry (geometry)Symmetry breakingAlgorithmQuantum mechanicsComputer scienceMathematicsGeometry
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