Visualization of Branch Points in-Symmetric Waveguides
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- 21 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 101 (8), 080402
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.101.080402
Abstract
The visualization of an exceptional point in a -symmetric directional coupler (DC) is demonstrated. In such a system the exceptional point can be probed by varying only a single parameter. Using the Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation theory we prove that the spectrum of a -symmetric Hamiltonian is real as long as the radius of convergence has not been reached. We also show how one can use a -symmetric directional coupler to measure the radius of convergence for non--symmetric structures. For such systems the physical meaning of the rather mathematical term radius of convergence is exemplified.
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