Sculpting non-Hermitian light in the continuum.

Xin Zhang, Zi-Lan Deng, Chaofan Zhang, Xiangping Li

Abstract readLetter

In one paragraph

Article in Light, science & applications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

0citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xin ZhangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

Zi-Lan DengGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. zilandeng@jnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3861-6014

Chaofan ZhangCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China. c.zhang@nudt.edu.cn.

Xiangping LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, College of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. xiangpingli@jnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0955-2613

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PT- or anti-PT-symmetric non-Hermitian photonic systems can exhibit responses such as phase transitions, slow light, and asymmetric modal evolution near an exceptional point (EP), but realizing a phase-transition process that satisfies anti-PT symmetry and passes through an EP on an integrated platform remains challenging. A smart research from Xiankai Sun's group at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) recently demonstrated that two quasi-BIC modes generate dissipative coupling to the same radiative continuum, enabling anti-PT phase transitions and EPs on a silicon-based integrated photonic platform without additional lossy materials or auxiliary lossy waveguides. This provides a new physical framework for exploring the intersection of BIC photonics and non-Hermitian photonics.

Identifiers

PMID42642360

DOI10.1038/s41377-026-02450-y

PMCPMC13507069

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata

Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.