• 文献标题:   Non-Hermitian chiral degeneracy of gated graphene metasurfaces
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BAEK S, PARK SH, OH D, LEE K, LEE S, LIM H, HA T, PARK HS, ZHANG S, YANG L, MIN B, KIM TT
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  • 出版物名称:   LIGHTSCIENCE APPLICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2095-5545 EI 2047-7538
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41377-023-01121-6
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Non-Hermitian degeneracies, also known as exceptional points (EPs), have been the focus of much attention due to their singular eigenvalue surface structure. Nevertheless, as pertaining to a non-Hermitian metasurface platform, the reduction of an eigenspace dimensionality at the EP has been investigated mostly in a passive repetitive manner. Here, we propose an electrical and spectral way of resolving chiral EPs and clarifying the consequences of chiral mode collapsing of a non-Hermitian gated graphene metasurface. More specifically, the measured non-Hermitian Jones matrix in parameter space enables the quantification of nonorthogonality of polarisation eigenstates and half-integer topological charges associated with a chiral EP. Interestingly, the output polarisation state can be made orthogonal to the coalesced polarisation eigenstate of the metasurface, revealing the missing dimension at the chiral EP. In addition, the maximal nonorthogonality at the chiral EP leads to a blocking of one of the cross-polarised transmission pathways and, consequently, the observation of enhanced asymmetric polarisation conversion. We anticipate that electrically controllable non-Hermitian metasurface platforms can serve as an interesting framework for the investigation of rich non-Hermitian polarisation dynamics around chiral EPs.