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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 128, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.173602
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- NSF [PHY-2110212]
- ARO [W911NF17-1-0128]
- AFOSR [FA9550-20-1-0220, FA9550-22-1-0043]
- DOE [DE-SC0022069]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0022069] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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This research establishes a quantum pseudo-anti-PT (pseudo-APT) symmetry which, when spontaneously broken, leads to the generation of an exceptional point that can be utilized for ultraprecision quantum sensing applications.
The emergence of parity-time (PT) symmetry has greatly enriched our study of symmetry-enabled non-Hermitian physics, but the realization of quantum PT symmetry faces an intrinsic issue of unavoidable symmetry-breaking Langevin noises. Here we construct a quantum pseudo-anti-PT (pseudo-APT) symmetry in a two-mode bosonic system without involving Langevin noises. We show that the spontaneous pseudo-APT symmetry breaking leads to an exceptional point, across which there is a transition between different types of quantum squeezing dynamics; i.e., the squeezing factor increases exponentially (oscillates periodically) with time in the pseudo-APT-symmetric (broken) region. Such dramatic changes of squeezing factors and quantum dynamics near the exceptional point are utilized for ultraprecision quantum sensing. These exotic quantum phenomena and sensing applications can be experimentally observed in two physical systems: spontaneous wave mixing nonlinear optics and atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Our Letter offers a physical platform for investigating exciting APT symmetry physics in the quantum realm, paving the way for exploring fundamental quantum non-Hermitian effects and their quantum technological applications.
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