Parity-time-symmetric systems

On the “Physics of PT-Symmetry” we have about eight or so papers which are listed as Highly Cited by the Web of Science (top 1% cited among all publications in all areas of physics).

1. B. Peng, S.K. Ozdemir, F. Lei, F. Monifi, M. Gianfreda, G. L. Long, S. Fan, F. Nori, C. M. Bender, L. Yang
   Parity-time-symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities
   Nature Physics 10, 394-398 (2014). [PDF][Link][arXiv]
   The supplementary material is here [PDF][Link]
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2. H. Jing, S.K. Ozdemir, X.Y. Lu, J. Zhang, L. Yang, F. Nori
   PT-Symmetric Phonon Laser
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 053604 (2014). [PDF][Link][arXiv]
   The supplementary material is here [PDF][Link]

3. H. Jing, S.K. Ozdemir, Z. Geng, J. Zhang, X.Y. Lu, B. Peng, L. Yang, F. Nori
   Optomechanically-Induced Transparency in parity-time-symmetric microresonators
   Scientific Reports 5, 9663 (2015). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Correction]

4. J. Zhang, B. Peng, S.K. Ozdemir, Y.X. Liu, H. Jing, X.Y. Lu, Y.L. Liu, L. Yang, F. Nori
   Giant nonlinearity via breaking parity-time symmetry: A route to low-threshold phonon diodes
   Phys. Rev. B 92, 115407 (2015). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

5. Z.P. Liu, J. Zhang, S.K. Ozdemir, B. Peng, H. Jing, X.Y. Lu, C.W. Li, L. Yang, F. Nori, Y.X. Liu
   Metrology with PT-Symmetric Cavities: Enhanced Sensitivity near the PT-Phase Transition
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 110802 (2016). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

6. H. Jing, S.K. Ozdemir, H. Lu, F. Nori
   High-order exceptional points in optomechanics
   Scientific Reports 7, 3386 (2017). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

7. F. Quijandría, U. Naether, S.K. Ozdemir, F. Nori, D. Zueco
   PT-symmetric circuit QED
   Phys. Rev. A 97, 053846 (2018). [PDF][Link][arXiv]
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8. S.K. Ozdemir, S. Rotter, F. Nori, L. Yang
   Parity–time symmetry and exceptional points in photonics
   Nature Materials 18, pp. 783–798 (2019). [PDF][Link_1][Link_2]

9. I.I. Arkhipov, A. Miranowicz, O. Di Stefano, R. Stassi, S. Savasta, F. Nori, S.K. Ozdemir
   Scully-Lamb quantum laser model for parity-time-symmetric whispering-gallery microcavities: Gain saturation effects and nonreciprocity
   Phys. Rev. A 99, 053806 (2019). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

10. C.Y. Ju, A. Miranowicz, G.Y. Chen, F. Nori
    Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians and no-go theorems in quantum information
    Phys. Rev. A 100, 062118 (2019). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

11. D. Huybrechts, F. Minganti, F. Nori, M. Wouters, N. Shammah
    Validity of mean-field theory in a dissipative critical system: Liouvillian gap, PT-symmetric antigap, and permutational symmetry in the XYZ model
    Phys. Rev. B 101, 214302 (2020). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

12. I.I. Arkhipov, A. Miranowicz, F. Minganti, F. Nori
    Liouvillian exceptional points of any order in dissipative linear bosonic systems: Coherence functions and switching between PT and anti-PT symmetries
    Phys. Rev. A 102, 033715 (2020). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

13. H. Zhang, R. Huang, S.D. Zhang, Y. Li, C.W. Qiu, F. Nori, H. Jing
    Breaking Anti-PT Symmetry by Spinning a Resonator
    Nano Lett. 20, pp. 7594-7599 (2020). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

14. G.Q. Zhang, Z. Chen, Da Xu, N. Shammah, M. Liao, T.F. Li, L. Tong, S.Y. Zhu, F. Nori, J.Q. You
    Exceptional Point and Cross-Relaxation Effect in a Hybrid Quantum System
    PRX Quantum 2, 020307 (2021). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

15. L. Bao, B. Qi, D. Dong, F. Nori
    Fundamental limits for reciprocal and nonreciprocal non-Hermitian quantum sensing
    Phys. Rev. A 103, 042418 (2021). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

16. F. Minganti, V. Macri, A. Settineri, S. Savasta, F. Nori
    Dissipative state transfer and Maxwell's demon in single quantum trajectories: Excitation transfer between two noninteracting qubits via unbalanced dissipation rates
    Phys. Rev. A 103, 052201 (2021). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

17. I.I. Arkhipov, F. Minganti, A. Miranowicz, F. Nori
    Generating high-order quantum exceptional points in synthetic dimensions
    Phys. Rev. A 104, 012205 (2021). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

18. Y.L. Fang, J.L. Zhao, Y. Zhang, D.X. Chen, Q.C. Wu, Y.H. Zhou, C.P. Yang, F. Nori
    Experimental demonstration of coherence flow in PT- and anti-PT-symmetric systems
    Communications Physics 4, 223 (2021). [PDF][Link_1][Link_2][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

19. T. Liu, J.J. He, Z. Yang, F. Nori
    Higher-Order Weyl-Exceptional-Ring Semimetals
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 196801 (2021). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

20. H. Xu, D.G. Lai, Y.B. Qian, B.P. Hou, A. Miranowicz, F. Nori
    Optomechanical dynamics in the PT- and broken-PT-symmetric regimes
    Phys. Rev. A 104, 053518 (2021). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

21. F. Minganti, I.I. Arkhipov, A. Miranowicz, F. Nori
    Liouvillian spectral collapse in the Scully-Lamb laser model
    Phys. Rev. Research 3, 043197 (2021). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

22. F. Minganti, I.I. Arkhipov, A. Miranowicz, F. Nori
    Continuous Dissipative Phase Transitions with or without Symmetry Breaking
    New Journal of Physics 23, 122001 (2021). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

23. C. Gneiting, A.V. Rozhkov, F. Nori
    Jump-time unraveling of Markovian open quantum systems
    Phys. Rev. A 104, 062212 (2021). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

24. C. Leefmans, A. Dutt, J. Williams, L. Yuan, M. Parto, F. Nori, S. Fan, A. Marandi
    Topological dissipation in a time-multiplexed photonic resonator network
    Nature Physics 18, pp. 442–449 (2022). [PDF][Link_1][Link_2][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]
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25. L. Tang, J. Tang, M. Chen, F. Nori, M. Xiao, K. Xia
    Quantum Squeezing Induced Optical Nonreciprocity
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 083604 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

26. C. Gneiting, A. Koottandavida, A.V. Rozhkov, F. Nori
    Unraveling the topology of dissipative quantum systems
    Phys. Rev. Research 4, 023036 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

27. C.Y. Ju, A. Miranowicz, F. Minganti, C.T. Chan, G.Y. Chen, F. Nori
    Einstein's quantum elevator: Hermitization of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians via a generalized vielbein formalism
    Phys. Rev. Research 4, 023070 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

28. R. Huang, S.K. Ozdemir, J.Q. Liao, F. Minganti, L.M. Kuang, F. Nori, H. Jing
    Exceptional Photon Blockade: Engineering Photon Blockade with Chiral Exceptional Points
    Laser & Photonics Reviews 16, 2100430 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

29. Y.L. Fang, J.L. Zhao, D.X. Chen, Y.H. Zhou, Y. Zhang, Q.C. Wu, C.P. Yang, F. Nori
    Entanglement dynamics in anti-PT-symmetric systems
    Phys. Rev. Research 4, 033022 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

30. D.X. Chen, Y. Zhang, J.L. Zhao, Q.C. Wu, Y.L. Fang, C.P. Yang, F. Nori
    Quantum state discrimination in a PT-symmetric system
    Phys. Rev. A 106, 022438 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

31. F. Minganti, D. Huybrechts, C. Elouard, F. Nori, I.I. Arkhipov
    Creating and controlling exceptional points of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians via homodyne Lindbladian invariance
    Phys. Rev. A 106, 042210 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

32. J.W. Zhang, J.Q. Zhang, G.Y. Ding, J.C. Li, J.T. Bu, B. Wang, L.L. Yan, S.L. Su, L. Chen, F. Nori, S.K. Ozdemir, F. Zhou, H. Jing, M. Feng
    Dynamical control of quantum heat engines using exceptional points
    Nature Communications 13, 6225 (2022). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.][Reviewers' Comments]

33. Q.C. Wu, J.L. Zhao, Y.L. Fang, Y. Zhang, D.X. Chen, C.P. Yang, F. Nori
    Extension of Noether's theorem in PT-symmetry systems and its experimental demonstration in an optical setup
    Science China: Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy 66, 240312 (2023). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

34. I.I. Arkhipov, A. Miranowicz, F. Minganti, S.K. Ozdemir, F. Nori
    Dynamically crossing diabolic points while encircling exceptional curves: A programmable symmetric-asymmetric multimode switch
    Nature Communications 14, 2076 (2023). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.][Reviewers' Comments]

35. K.Y. Bliokh, E. Karimi, M.J. Padgett, M.A. Alonso, M.R. Dennis, A. Dudley, A. Forbes, S. Zahedpour, S.W. Hancock, H.M. Milchberg, S. Rotter, F. Nori, S.K. Ozdemir, N. Bender, H. Cao, P.B. Corkum, C. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Ren, Y. Kivshar, M.G. Silveirinha, N. Engheta, A. Rauschenbeutel, P. Schneeweiss, J. Volz, D. Leykam, D.A. Smirnova, K. Rong, B. Wang, E. Hasman, M.F. Picardi, A.V. Zayats, F.J. Rodriguez-Fortuno, C. Yang, J. Ren, A.B. Khanikaev, A. Alu, E. Brasselet, M. Shats, J. Verbeeck, P. Schattschneider, D. Sarenac, D.G. Cory, D.A. Pushin, M. Birk, A. Gorlach, I. Kaminer, F. Cardano, L. Marrucci, M. Krenn, F. Marquardt
    Roadmap on structured waves
    Journal of Optics 25, 103001 (2023). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

36. X. Zhou, X. Ren, D. Xiao, J. Zhang, R. Huang, Z. Li, X. Sun, X. Wu, C.W. Qiu, F. Nori, H. Jing
    Higher-order singularities in phase-tracked electromechanical oscillators
    Nature Communications 14, 7944 (2023). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.][Reviewers' Comments]

37. C.R. Leefmans, M. Parto, J. Williams, G.H.Y. Li, A. Dutt, F. Nori, A. Marandi
    Topological temporally mode-locked laser
    Nature Physics 20, pp. 852-858 (2024). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

38. L. Bao, B. Qi, F. Nori, D. Dong
    Exponential sensitivity revival of noisy non-Hermitian quantum sensing with two-photon drives
    Phys. Rev. Research 6, 023216 (2024). [PDF][Link][arXiv]

39. P. Song, X. Ruan, H. Ding, S. Li, M. Chen, R. Huang, L.M. Kuang, Q. Zhao, J.S. Tsai, H. Jing, L. Yang, F. Nori, D. Zheng, Y.X. Liu, J. Zhang, Z. Peng
    Experimental realization of on-chip few-photon control around exceptional points
    Nature Communications 15, 9848 (2024). [PDF][Link][Suppl. Info.][Reviewers' Comments]

40. C.W. Wu, M.C. Zhang, Y.L. Zhou, T. Chen, R. Huang, Y. Xie, W.B. Su, B.Q. Ou, W. Wu, A. Miranowicz, F. Nori, J. Zhang, H. Jing, P.X. Chen
    Observation of quantum temporal correlations well beyond Lüders bound
    Phys. Rev. Research 7, 013058 (2025). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.]

41. J.D. Lin, P.C. Kuo, N. Lambert, A. Miranowicz, F. Nori, Y.N. Chen
    Non-Markovian quantum exceptional points
    Nature Communications 16, 1289 (2025). [PDF][Link][arXiv][Suppl. Info.][Reviewers' Comments]