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Dynamically encircling an exceptional point for asymmetric mode switching

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  • Jörg Doppler

    (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien))

  • Alexei A. Mailybaev

    (Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada—IMPA)

  • Julian Böhm

    (Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS UMR 7336, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis)

  • Ulrich Kuhl

    (Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS UMR 7336, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis)

  • Adrian Girschik

    (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien))

  • Florian Libisch

    (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien))

  • Thomas J. Milburn

    (Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien))

  • Peter Rabl

    (Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien))

  • Nimrod Moiseyev

    (Schulich Faculty of Chemistry and Faculty of Physics, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology)

  • Stefan Rotter

    (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien))

Abstract

A two-mode waveguide is designed to realize a dynamical encircling of an exceptional point at which two resonances coincide in their frequency and their rate of decay; as a result the waveguide transmits only into a unique mode at either one of its two output ports.

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  • Jörg Doppler & Alexei A. Mailybaev & Julian Böhm & Ulrich Kuhl & Adrian Girschik & Florian Libisch & Thomas J. Milburn & Peter Rabl & Nimrod Moiseyev & Stefan Rotter, 2016. "Dynamically encircling an exceptional point for asymmetric mode switching," Nature, Nature, vol. 537(7618), pages 76-79, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:537:y:2016:i:7618:d:10.1038_nature18605
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18605
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