Giant Non-reciprocity Near Exceptional Point Degeneracies

Abstract

We show that gyrotropic structures with balanced gain and loss that respect anti-linear symmetries exhibit a giant non-reciprocity at the so-called exact phase where the eigenfrequencies of the isolated non-Hermitian set-up are real. The effect occurs in a parameter domain near an exceptional point (EP) degeneracy, where mode-orthogonality collapses. The theoretical predictions are confirmed numerically in the microwave domain, where a non-reciprocal transport above 90dB is demonstrated, and are further verified using lump-circuitry modeling. The analysis allows us to speculate the universal nature of the phenomenon for any wave system where EP and gyrotropy can co-exist.

7 pages, 5 figures

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