Formulation of Dispersive and Dissipative Time-Varying Media as a Floquet Matrix Eigenproblem
Dispersion is ubiquitous in nature as a result of causality, and dispersive time-varying materials have been widely used in the experimental realization of photonic time-varying media. Here, we derive the Floquet Hamiltonian and formulate Maxwell's equations of dispersive time-varying media as a Floquet matrix eigenproblem. The derived Floquet Hamiltonian allows us to investigate the band structures and eigenmodes of the system. Using the eigenmodes, we identify the Floquet π exceptional points by tracking the variation of Aharonov-Anandan phase. Our theory rigorously reformulates existing models and facilitates the development of Floquet Green's function and resonant mode expansion in open photonic time-varying systems.
Authors
- Guangwei Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3023-9632)
- Yuchen Sun
- Shanhui Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0081-9732)
Institutions
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/lcmw-qrrp
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.49