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arXiv:2310.02908 · Physical Review Research

Pseudo-Hermiticity protects the energy-difference conservation in the scattering

H. S. Xu, L. Jin

Published Oct 4, 2023• 21 citations
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Abstract

A conservation law that is valid for all non-Hermitian scattering systems is discovered. Applying this conservation law uncovers that the energy-difference conservation is protected by the specific pseudo-Hermiticity.
DOI
10.1103/physrevresearch.5.l042005

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