The dawn of non-Hermitian optics

Abstract

Recent years have seen a tremendous progress in the theory and experimental implementations of non-Hermitian photonics, including all-lossy optical systems as well as parity-time symmetric systems consisting of both optical loss and gain. This progress has led to a host of new intriguing results in the physics of lightmatter interactions with promising potential applications in optical sciences and engineering. In this comment, we present a brief perspective on the developments in this field and discuss possible future research directions that can benefit from the notion of non-Hermitian engineering.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2019
Accession Number
AD1105672

Entities

People

  • Demetrios N. Christodoulides
  • Mercedeh Khajavikhan
  • Ramy El-Ganainy
  • Sahin K. Ozdemir

Organizations

  • Michigan Technological University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Eigenvalues
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Laser Arrays
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Photonics
  • Physics
  • Refractive Index
  • Universities
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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