Parity-time (PT) symmetric topological interface states

Steffen Weimann; Mikael C. Rechtsman; Yonatan Plotnik; Yaakov Lumer; Konstantinos G. Makris; Mordechai Segev; Alexander Szameit

Parity-time (PT) symmetric topological interface states

Steffen Weimann, Mikael C. Rechtsman, Yonatan Plotnik, Yaakov Lumer, Konstantinos G. Makris, Mordechai Segev, Alexander Szameit

Physics

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We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally topological interface states in a passive effective PT-symmetric dimerized waveguide array. The PT-symmetric system has unbroken PT symmetry: all eigenvalues in the spectrum are real, despite the system's non-Hermiticity.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781557529688
State	Published - Aug 10 2015
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015 - San Jose, United States Duration: May 10 2015 → May 15 2015

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Name	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest
Volume	2015-August

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Other	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	5/10/15 → 5/15/15

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Weimann, S., Rechtsman, M. C., Plotnik, Y., Lumer, Y., Makris, K. G., Segev, M., & Szameit, A. (2015). Parity-time (PT) symmetric topological interface states. In 2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015 [7183262] (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest; Vol. 2015-August). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

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Parity-time (PT) symmetric topological interface states. / Weimann, Steffen; Rechtsman, Mikael C.; Plotnik, Yonatan et al.

2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7183262 (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest; Vol. 2015-August).

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