Nodal phases in non-Hermitian wallpaper crystals

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Auteurs principaux: König, J. Lukas K., Herber, Felix, Bergholtz, Emil J.
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author König, J. Lukas K.
Herber, Felix
Bergholtz, Emil J.
author_facet König, J. Lukas K.
Herber, Felix
Bergholtz, Emil J.
contents Symmetry and non-Hermiticity play pivotal roles in photonic lattices. While symmetries such as parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry have attracted ample attention, more intricate crystalline symmetries have been neglected in comparison. Here, we investigate the impact of the 17 wallpaper space groups of two-dimensional crystals on non-Hermitian band structures. We show that the non-trivial space group representations enforce degeneracies at high symmetry points and dictate their dispersion away from these points. In combination with either $\mathcal{T}$ or $\mathcal{PT}$, the symmorphic p4mm symmetry, as well as the non-symmorphic p2mg, p2gg, and p4gm symmetries, protect novel exceptional chains intersecting at the pertinent high symmetry points.
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spellingShingle Nodal phases in non-Hermitian wallpaper crystals
König, J. Lukas K.
Herber, Felix
Bergholtz, Emil J.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Optics
Symmetry and non-Hermiticity play pivotal roles in photonic lattices. While symmetries such as parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry have attracted ample attention, more intricate crystalline symmetries have been neglected in comparison. Here, we investigate the impact of the 17 wallpaper space groups of two-dimensional crystals on non-Hermitian band structures. We show that the non-trivial space group representations enforce degeneracies at high symmetry points and dictate their dispersion away from these points. In combination with either $\mathcal{T}$ or $\mathcal{PT}$, the symmorphic p4mm symmetry, as well as the non-symmorphic p2mg, p2gg, and p4gm symmetries, protect novel exceptional chains intersecting at the pertinent high symmetry points.
title Nodal phases in non-Hermitian wallpaper crystals
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.18269