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Article: Manifestation of PT symmetry breaking in polarization space with terahertz metasurfaces

TitleManifestation of PT symmetry breaking in polarization space with terahertz metasurfaces
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Issue Date2014
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Physical Review Letters, 2014, v. 113, n. 9, article no. 093901 How to Cite?
AbstractBy utilizing the vector nature of light as well as the inherent anisotropy of artificial meta-atoms, we investigate parity time symmetry breaking in polarization space using a metasurface with anisotropic absorption, whose building blocks consist of two orthogonally orientated meta-atoms with the same resonant frequency but different loss coefficients. By varying their coupling strength, we directly observe a phase transition in the eigenpolarization states of the system, across which the long axis of the eigenpolarization ellipses experience a sudden rotation of 45°. Despite the lack of rotational symmetry of the metasurface, precisely at the phase transition, known as the exceptional point, the eigenmodes coalesce into a single circularly polarized state. The PT symmetric metasurfaces are experimentally implemented at terahertz frequencies. © 2014 American Physical Society.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/295032
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dc.contributor.authorLawrence, Mark-
dc.contributor.authorXu, Ningning-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Xueqian-
dc.contributor.authorCong, Longqing-
dc.contributor.authorHan, Jiaguang-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Weili-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Shuang-
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-05T04:58:55Z-
dc.date.available2021-01-05T04:58:55Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review Letters, 2014, v. 113, n. 9, article no. 093901-
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/295032-
dc.description.abstractBy utilizing the vector nature of light as well as the inherent anisotropy of artificial meta-atoms, we investigate parity time symmetry breaking in polarization space using a metasurface with anisotropic absorption, whose building blocks consist of two orthogonally orientated meta-atoms with the same resonant frequency but different loss coefficients. By varying their coupling strength, we directly observe a phase transition in the eigenpolarization states of the system, across which the long axis of the eigenpolarization ellipses experience a sudden rotation of 45°. Despite the lack of rotational symmetry of the metasurface, precisely at the phase transition, known as the exceptional point, the eigenmodes coalesce into a single circularly polarized state. The PT symmetric metasurfaces are experimentally implemented at terahertz frequencies. © 2014 American Physical Society.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review Letters-
dc.titleManifestation of PT symmetry breaking in polarization space with terahertz metasurfaces-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.093901-
dc.identifier.pmid25215984-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84907379836-
dc.identifier.volume113-
dc.identifier.issue9-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 093901-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 093901-
dc.identifier.eissn1079-7114-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000341292800009-
dc.identifier.issnl0031-9007-

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