Loss, Gain, and Singular Points in Open Quantum Systems

Hichem Eleuch and Ingrid Rotter

Advances in Mathematical Physics, 2018, vol. 2018, issue 1

Abstract: Non‐Hermitian quantum physics is used successfully for the description of different puzzling experimental results, which are observed in open quantum systems. Mostly, the influence of exceptional points on the dynamical properties of the system is studied. At these points, two complex eigenvalues Ei≡Ei+iΓi/2 of the non‐Hermitian Hamiltonian H coalesce (where Ei is the energy and Γi is the inverse lifetime of the state i). We show that also the eigenfunctions Φi of the two states play an important role, sometimes even the dominant one. Besides exceptional points, other critical points exist in non‐Hermitian quantum physics. At these points a = acr in the parameter space, the biorthogonal eigenfunctions of H become orthogonal. For illustration, we show characteristic numerical results.

Date: 2018
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