Unique opportunities arise from exceptional points that coalesce states of an open system in synthetic photonic media, where delicately balanced complex dielectric functions produce unprecedented optical properties.
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The authors acknowledge funding support from the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 through the Materials Sciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
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Yin, X., Zhang, X. Unidirectional light propagation at exceptional points. Nature Mater 12, 175–177 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3576
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