Mesoscopic Möbius ladder lattices as non-Hermitian model systems

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AC663CzbMATH Open1506.81032arXiv2205.01641OpenAlexW4223655759MaRDI QIDQ5048532FDOQ5048532

Authors: Jung-Wan Ryu, Martina Hentschel 

Publication date: 16 November 2022

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: While classic quantum chaos originated from the idea to set into context nonlinear physics and Hermitian quantum mechanics, non-Hermitian models have enhanced the field in recent years. At the same time, low-dimensional effective matrix models have proven to be a powerful tool in accessing the physical properties of a system in a semiquantitative manner. Here, we focus on two realizations of non-Hermitian physics in mesoscopic systems. First, we consider spiral optical microcavities in which the asymmetric scattering between whispering gallery modes induces the non-Hermitian behaviour. Second, for parity-time (PT) symmetric ladder lattices we compare circular and M"obius geometries. We find the effective coupling between even and odd parity modes to be symmetric but complex in a microscopically derived 2 x 2 matrix model, resulting in non-Hermitian behaviour as well. Most importantly, the M"obius topology acts like a scatterer that induces a qualitatively new form of (avoided) level crossing - a PT-broken phase terminated by exceptional points - resulting from the symmetric but non-Hermitian coupling.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.01641

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum chaosPT-symmetrynon-Hermitian modelsmesoscopic systemseffective matrix modelsMöbius systemsoptical microcavities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Quantum chaos (81Q50)

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