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physics.optics2026

Fixed-detector tilt--defocus sensing by upstream source coding in a time-reversed Young interferometer

Jianming Wen

We propose a physically explicit sensing application of a time-reversed Young (TRY) interferometer: simultaneous monitoring of beam tilt and focus drift with a fixed detector. The…

physics.optics2026

Multi-slit time-reversed Young interference: source-space grating laws, quadratic-phase effects, and Talbot-like revivals

Jianming Wen

We develop a compact theory of time-reversed Young (TRY) interference beyond the symmetric two-slit geometry by considering equally spaced three-slit, finite -slit, and infinite…

physics.optics2020★ 2 cited

Anti-Parity-Time Symmetry in Passive Nanophotonics

Heng Fan, Jiayang Chen, Zitong Zhao +2

Parity-time (PT) symmetry in non-Hermitian optical systems promises distinct optical effects and applications not found in conservative optics. Its counterpart, anti-PT symmetry, s…

physics.optics2019★ 127 cited

Anti-Parity-Time Symmetric Optical Four-Wave Mixing in Cold Atoms

Yue Jiang, Yefeng Mei, Ying Zuo +4

Non-Hermitian optical systems with parity-time (PT) symmetry have recently revealed many intriguing prospects that outperform conservative structures. The prevous works are mostly…

physics.optics2018★ 71 cited

Parity-time symmetry in optical microcavity systems

Jianming Wen, Xiaoshun Jiang, Liang Jiang +1

Canonical quantum mechanics postulates Hermitian Hamiltonians to ensure real eigenvalues. Counterintuitively, a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, satisfying combined parity-time (PT) symm…

physics.optics2018★ 4 cited

On-chip optical isolator and nonreciprocal parity-time symmetry induced by stimulated Brillouin scattering

Jiyang Ma, Jianming Wen, Yong Hu +4

Realization of chip-scale nonreciprocal optics such as isolators and circulators is highly demanding for all-optical signal routing and protection with standard photonics foundry p…