Parity-time symmetry and exceptional points in photonics

Ş K Özdemir¹, S Rotter², F Nori^{3

4}, L Yang⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. sko9@psu.edu.
² Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Vienna, Austria. stefan.rotter@tuwien.ac.at.
³ Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Saitama, Japan.
⁴ Physics Department, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁵ Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA.

Review

Ş K Özdemir et al. Nat Mater. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;18(8):783-798.

doi: 10.1038/s41563-019-0304-9. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

Ş K Özdemir¹, S Rotter², F Nori^{3

4}, L Yang⁵

¹ Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. sko9@psu.edu.
² Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Vienna, Austria. stefan.rotter@tuwien.ac.at.
³ Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Saitama, Japan.
⁴ Physics Department, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁵ Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA.

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