journal article·2013-03

Unidirectional light propagation at exceptional points

Xiaobo Yin, Xiang Zhang

Nature Materials· Volume 12· Issue 3
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Unique opportunities arise from exceptional points that coalesce states of an open system in synthetic photonic media, where delicately balanced complex dielectric functions produce unprecedented optical properties.
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OpenAlex topics: Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics · Photonic Crystals and Applications · Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics

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