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ArticleNature communications2025

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Johannes Bentzien, Julien Pinske, Lukas J Maczewsky, Steffen Weimann, Matthias Heinrich, Stefan Scheel, Alexander Szameit

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Johannes BentzienInstitute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059, Rostock, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-0075-6725
Julien PinskeNiels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lukas J MaczewskyInstitute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059, Rostock, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1296-3707
Steffen WeimannInstitute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059, Rostock, Germany.
Matthias HeinrichInstitute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059, Rostock, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3552-0789
Stefan ScheelInstitute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059, Rostock, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7011-2663
Alexander SzameitInstitute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059, Rostock, Germany. alexander.szameit@uni-rostock.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0071-6941

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The concept of parity-time symmetry has firmly established non-Hermiticity as a versatile degree of freedom on a variety of physical platforms. In general, the non-Hermitian dynamics of open systems are perceived to be inextricably linked to complex-valued potentials facilitating the local attenuation and coherent amplification in wave mechanics. Along these lines, time reversal symmetry is associated with a complex conjugation of the potential landscape, in essence swapping gain and loss. Here we leverage nonorthogonal coupled-mode theory to synthesize genuinely non-Hermitian dynamics without either gain or loss, and experimentally demonstrate parity-time symmetry via fluorescence measurements in femtosecond-laser-written arrays. Our projective approach allows features of non-Hermiticity to be utilized in scenarios where actual amplification and/or attenuation may disrupt the desired physics, e.g. in nonlinear systems or quantum optics.

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