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Anti-parity–time symmetry with flying atoms
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The recently developed notion of parity–time (PT) symmetry in optical systems has spawned intriguing prospects. So far, most experimental implementations have been reported in solid-state systems. Here, we report the first experimental demonstration of optical anti-PT symmetry—the counterpart of conventional PT symmetry—in a warm atomic-vapour cell. Rapid coherence transport via flying atoms leads to a dissipative coupling between two long-lived atomic spin waves, allowing for the observation of the essential features of anti-PT symmetry with unprecedented precision on the phase-transition threshold, as well as refractionless light propagation. Moreover, we show that a linear or nonlinear interaction between the two spatially separated beams can be achieved. Our results advance non-Hermitian physics by bridging to the field of atomic, molecular and optical physics, where new phenomena and applications in quantum and nonlinear optics aided by (anti-)PT symmetry could be anticipated. Parity–time symmetry in optics is studied in a warm atomic vapour, where its counterpart, anti-parity–time symmetry, as well as refractionless propagation, can also be observed.
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- Authors
- Peng, P., Cao, W., Shen, C., Qu, W., Wen, J., Jiang, L., & Xiao, Y.
- Venue
- Nature Physics
- Published
- 2016-08-15
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1139-1145
- ISSN
- 1745-2473 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-2481
- OpenAlex
- W2121853028
- Cited by
- 455
- References
- 49
- FWCI
- 13.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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