Similarity transformation in PT-symmetry: limitations
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We review quantum mechanical and optical pseudoHermitian systems with an emphasis on PT-symmetric systems important for optics and electrodynamics. One of the most interesting and much discussed consequences of PT symmetry is a phase transition under which the system eigenvalues lose their PT symmetry.We show that although this phase transition is difficult to realize experimentally, a similar ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Open Access Journal of Mathematical and Theoretical Physics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2641-9335
DOI: 10.15406/oajmtp.2018.01.00028