Generalized Wigner-Smith theory for perturbations at exceptional and diabolic point degeneracies

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Main Authors: Wang, Kaiyuan, Byrnes, Niall, Foreman, Matthew R.
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Published: 2025
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author Wang, Kaiyuan
Byrnes, Niall
Foreman, Matthew R.
author_facet Wang, Kaiyuan
Byrnes, Niall
Foreman, Matthew R.
contents Spectral degeneracies, including diabolic (DP) and exceptional (EP) points, exhibit unique sensitivity to external perturbations, enabling powerful control and engineering of wave phenomena. We present a residue-based perturbation theory that quantifies complex resonance splitting of DP and EP type spectral degeneracies using generalized Wigner-Smith operators. We validate our theory using both analytic Hamiltonian models and numerical electromagnetic simulations, demonstrating excellent agreement across a range of cases. Our approach accurately predicts degenerate resonance splitting using only scattering data, offering a powerful framework for precision tuning, inverse design, and practical exploitation of non-Hermitian phenomena.
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spellingShingle Generalized Wigner-Smith theory for perturbations at exceptional and diabolic point degeneracies
Wang, Kaiyuan
Byrnes, Niall
Foreman, Matthew R.
Optics
Mathematical Physics
Quantum Physics
Spectral degeneracies, including diabolic (DP) and exceptional (EP) points, exhibit unique sensitivity to external perturbations, enabling powerful control and engineering of wave phenomena. We present a residue-based perturbation theory that quantifies complex resonance splitting of DP and EP type spectral degeneracies using generalized Wigner-Smith operators. We validate our theory using both analytic Hamiltonian models and numerical electromagnetic simulations, demonstrating excellent agreement across a range of cases. Our approach accurately predicts degenerate resonance splitting using only scattering data, offering a powerful framework for precision tuning, inverse design, and practical exploitation of non-Hermitian phenomena.
title Generalized Wigner-Smith theory for perturbations at exceptional and diabolic point degeneracies
topic Optics
Mathematical Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05039