Title

The dawn of non-Hermitian optics

Authors

Ramy El-Ganainy, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Mercedeh Khajavikhan, University of Central Florida
Demetrios Christodoulides, University of Central Florida
Sahin Ozdemir, The Pennsylvania State University

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

3-29-2019

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 light–matter 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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Publication Title

Communications Physics

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Recommended Citation

El-Ganainy, R., Khajavikhan, M., Christodoulides, D., & Ozdemir, S. (2019). The dawn of non-Hermitian optics. Communications Physics, 2. http://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-019-0130-z
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