Singular PT-symmetry broken point with infinite transmittance and reflectance--a classical analytical demonstration

To demonstrate the existence of singularparity-time symmetry(PT-symmetry)broken point inoptics system,we designed a one-dimensional PT symmetricstructure including N unit-cell with loss and gainmaterials in half.We performed an analytical deduction toobtain the transmittance and reflectance of the structurebasing on Maxwell’s equations.We found that with theexact structure unit-cell number and the imaginary part ofrefraction index,the transmittance and reflectance are bothclose to infinite.Such strict condition is called the singularpoint in this study.At the singular point position,both thetransmission and reflection are direction-independent.Away from the singular point,the transmittance andreflectance become finite.In light of classical wave optics,the single unit and total structure both become theresonance units.The infinite transmittance and reflectanceresult from the resonance matching of single unit and totalstructure.In light of quantum theory,the singular pointcorresponds to the single eigenvalue of electromagneticscattering matrix.The infinite transmittance and reflectancemean a huge energy transformation from pumpingsource to light waves.Numerical calculation and softwaresimulation both demonstrate the result.