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most citedNon-Hermitian sensing in the absence of exceptional points

41 citations · 108 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

quant-ph2026

Scale-free localization in pseudo-Hermitian quantum walk

Haiting Zhang, Lei Xiao, Cui-Xian Guo +2

Scale-free localization is a distinctive phenomenon in non-Hermitian systems, where specific eigenstates, known as scale-free localized states (LSs), possess localization lengths t…

quant-ph2026

Non-Hermitian-enhanced quantum sensing in an optical interferometer

X. J. Huang, Lei Xiao, Bingzi Huo +2

The precision of quantum parameter estimation is traditionally constrained by the quantum Cramér-Rao bound, which is based on the Hermitian measurement framework. Recent studies of…

quant-ph2026

Chiral Entangled-State Generation through Dissipative Quantum Dynamics

Huixia Gao, Konghao Sun, Yiwen Han +6

Dissipation, though often detrimental to quantum entanglement, can be manipulated for the preparation of entangled states, wherein ingeniously designed quantum jump processes drive…

quant-ph2026

Experimental Observation of Dynamical Phase Transitions in a Dephased Photonic Quantum Walk

Xiaojian Huang, Lei Xiao, Bingzi Huo +3

Dynamical phase transitions in open quantum systems govern how non-equilibrium states relax toward a stationary state. We study these transitions experimentally using a discrete-ti…

physics.optics2026★ 2 cited

Observation of Restored Adiabatic State Transfer in Time-Modulated Non-Hermitian Systems

Xiaowei Wang, Ievgen I. Arkhipov, Quan Lin +5

Exceptional points (EPs) have attracted extensive research interest due to their intriguing properties. One of the hallmarks of EP physics is that dynamically encircling the EPs in…

quant-ph2026★ 2 cited

Topological Sensing in the Dynamics of Quantum Walks with Defects

Xiaowei Tong, Xingze Qiu, Xiang Zhan +4

Topological quantum sensing leverages unique topological features to suppress noise and improve the precision of parameter estimation, emerging as a promising tool in both fundamen…

quant-ph2025

Experimental device-independent certification of indefinite causal order

Dengke Qu, Quan Lin, Lei Xiao +2

Understanding the physical world fundamentally relies on the assumption that events are temporally ordered, with past events serving as causes for future ones. However, quantum mec…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Observation of Criticality-Enhanced Quantum Sensing in Nonunitary Quantum Walks

Lei Xiao, Saubhik Sarkar, Kunkun Wang +2

Quantum physics enables parameter estimation with precisions beyond the capability of classical sensors. Quantum criticality is a key resource for this quantum-enhanced sensing, bu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 16 cited

Photonic chiral state transfer near the Liouvillian exceptional point

Huixia Gao, Konghao Sun, Dengke Qu +4

As branch-point singularities of non-Hermitian matrices, the exceptional points (EPs) exhibit unique spectral topology and criticality, with intriguing dynamic consequences in non-…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 4 cited

Observation of Braid-Protected Unpaired Exceptional Points

Kunkun Wang, J. Lukas K. König, Kang Yang +4

Spectral degeneracies (dubbed nodal points in momentum space) play fundamental roles in understanding exotic properties of light and matter. In lattice systems, unpaired band-struc…

quant-ph2024★ 41 cited

Non-Hermitian sensing in the absence of exceptional points

Lei Xiao, Yaoming Chu, Quan Lin +4

Open systems possess unique potentials in high-precision sensing, yet the majority of previous studies rely on the spectral singularities known as exceptional points. Here we theor…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 21 cited

Experimental observation of the Yang-Lee quantum criticality in open systems

Huixia Gao, Kunkun Wang, Lei Xiao +6

The Yang-Lee edge singularity was originally studied from the standpoint of mathematical foundations of phase transitions, and its physical demonstration has been of active interes…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 21 cited

Self acceleration from spectral geometry in dissipative quantum-walk dynamics

Peng Xue, Quan Lin, Kunkun Wang +3

Dynamic behaviors of a physical system often originate from its spectral properties. In open systems, where the effective non-Hermitian description enables a wealth of spectral str…