• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 59, Issue 1, 0136001 (2022)
Zhe Meng*, Xue Guo*, Xiaoxiao Chen*, Jiazhi Yang*, Jian Li*, Mairikena Aili*, and Anning Zhang*
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP202259.0136001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhe Meng, Xue Guo, Xiaoxiao Chen, Jiazhi Yang, Jian Li, Mairikena Aili, Anning Zhang. [J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(1): 0136001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We experimentally simulate a parity-time (PT)-symmetric quantum dynamics in a non- Hermitian system using a single-photon interferometer. We measure quantum final state using quantum state tomography. We observe the quantum state evolutions ranging from regions of unbroken to broken PT-symmetry using the single-photon interferometer. We experimentally prove that the eigenvalue of energy changes from real to imaginary corresponding to the non-Hermitian system from the PT-symmetry unbroken region to the PT-symmetry broken region. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work to intuitively show the exceptional points of PT-symmetry non-unitary quantum dynamics in a single-photon interferometer from the energy perspective.
    PxP=-x  and  PpP=-pTxT=x,TpT=-p,  and  TiT=-i
    HPT=ia11-ia
    ρ1,2t=exp-iHPTtρ1,20expiHPTtTrexp-iHPTtρ1,20expiHPTt.
    Uexp=R2θ2,ϕ2Lθh,θvR1θ1,ϕ1.
    ρ1,2t=Uexpρ1,20HexpTrUexpρ1,20Hexp.
    Zhe Meng, Xue Guo, Xiaoxiao Chen, Jiazhi Yang, Jian Li, Mairikena Aili, Anning Zhang. [J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(1): 0136001
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