arXiv · 1008.2623
Exceptional Points in a Microwave Billiard with Time-Reversal Invariance Violation
Abstract
We report on the experimental study of an exceptional point (EP) in a dissipative microwave billiard with induced time-reversal invariance (T) violation. The associated two-state Hamiltonian is non-Hermitian and non-symmetric. It is determined experimentally on a narrow grid in a parameter plane around the EP. At the EP the size of T violation is given by the relative phase of the eigenvector components. The eigenvectors are adiabatically transported around the EP, whereupon they gather geometric phases and in addition geometric amplitudes different from unity.
Explore related subjects
Keep this discovery
B. Dietz, H. L. Harney, O. N. Kirillov, M. Miski-Oglu, A. Richter, F. Schaefer. 2010-08-16. Exceptional Points in a Microwave Billiard with Time-Reversal Invariance Violation. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.106.150403
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.