Introduction to non-Hermitian photonics in complex media: PT-symmetry and beyond

Greg Gbur; Konstantinos Makris

doi:doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.00PTS1

Photonics Research, 2018, 6 (5): 0500PTS1, Published Online: Jul. 18, 2018

Introduction to non-Hermitian photonics in complex media: PT-symmetry and beyond

Greg Gbur ^1,*Konstantinos Makris ²

Author Affiliations

¹ University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Physics and Optical Science, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA

² University of Crete, Physics Department, 71003 Heraklion, Greece

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Greg Gbur, Konstantinos Makris. Introduction to non-Hermitian photonics in complex media: PT-symmetry and beyond[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(5): 0500PTS1.

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