Accession Number:

AD1105672

Title:

The dawn of non-Hermitian optics

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article - Open Access

Corporate Author:

Michigan Technological University Houghton United States

Personal Author(s):

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

Report Date:

2019-03-29

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

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.

Descriptors:

• microwave photonics
• nonlinear optics
• refractive index
• lasers
• photonic crystals
• wave mixing
• eigenvalues
• angular momentum

Subject Categories:

• Fiber Optics and Integrated Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE