Parity-time Symmetry and Its Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Christodoulides, Demetrios (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Yang, Jianke (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 280
• Subjects: Quantum physics.; Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

This book offers a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art theoretical and experimental advances in linear and nonlinear parity-time-symmetric systems in various physical disciplines, and surveys the emerging applications of parity-time (PT) symmetry. PT symmetry originates from quantum mechani...