Loss revives bistable state near the exceptional point in a non-Hermitian microwave photonic meta-molecule
arXiv:1802.08489 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aa70a8
Abstract
By exploring the extraordinary property of exceptional points (EPs) in non-Hermitian systems, we here demonstrate that losses can play constructive roles in controlling bistable states. We experimentally realize the EP in a non-Hermitian meta-molecule of coupled resonators in microwave regime. By increasing the loss, we first observe the bistable state suppression at the weak-dissipative regime, but then the bistable state recovery in strong-dissipative regime. Both the experimental and theoretical analysis demonstrate that the revival of bistable states results from the revival of the field intensity after the system encounters EPs, in spite of the increasing loss. Our results provide an alternative way to controlling and manifesting bistable systems, so as to achieve flexible photonic devices, not limited to the microwave regime.
arXiv comment9 pages, 4 figures, published in NJP 19, 063043 (2017). See this page: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa70a8
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