Invisibility in non-Hermitian tight-binding lattices

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Longhi, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SPECTRA; HERMITIANS; HOPPING AMPLITUDE; SUPERSYMMETRIC QUANTUM MECHANICS; TIGHT BINDING; TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS;

DEFECTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 77957161808     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.032111     Document Type: Article

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