Abstract
With their conceptual description of Parity-Time symmetry in 1998 [1], Bender and Boettcher inaugurated a new field of studies with fascinating implications on topology [2] and exceptional point dynamics [3], to name a few. Typically, PT-symmetric Hamiltonians exhibit real eigenvalues below a certain threshold, whereas above, the PT-symmetry is spontaneously broken as the eigenvalue spectrum becomes complex. Entirely passive configurations based solely on differential losses [7] allow the physics of PT symmetry to be carried over to a quantum-optical context [6] and explored therein [4]. Here we study the ways in which the degree of loss systematically impacts the characteristics of quantum correlations between interfering photons by analyzing the two-photon correlations in PT-symmetric directional couplers.
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