# Unconventional next nearest neighbor resonance coupling and states flipping mechanism in degenerate optical microcavities

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel non-Hermitian optical microcavity with a unique next nearest neighbor resonance coupling scheme, demonstrating adiabatic state flipping phenomena near exceptional points through numerical analysis.

## Contribution

It presents the first design of a microcavity with an exclusive next neighbor coupling scheme to study unconventional optical phenomena near exceptional points.

## Key findings

- Identification of hidden singularities (EPs) in the microcavity.
- Demonstration of adiabatic flip-of-states phenomena.
- Robustness of state flipping analyzed along a hidden singular line.

## Abstract

We report a specially configured non-Hermitian optical microcavity, imposing spatially imbalanced gain-loss profile, to host an exclusively proposed next nearest neighbor resonances coupling scheme. Adopting scattering matrix (S-matrix) formalism, the effect of interplay between such proposed resonance interactions and the incorporated non-Hermiticity in the microcavity is analyzed drawing a special attention to the existence of hidden singularities, namely exceptional points (EPs); where at least two coupled resonances coalesce. We establish adiabatic flip-of-states phenomena of the coupled resonances in the complex frequency plane (k-plane) which is essentially an outcome of the fact that the respective EP is being encircled in system parameter plane. Encountering such multiple EPs, the robustness of flip-of-states phenomena have been analyzed via continuous tuning of coupling parameters along a special hidden singular line which connects all the EPs in the cavity. Such a numerically devised cavity, incorporating the exclusive next neighbor coupling scheme, have been designed for the first time to study the unconventional optical phenomena in the vicinity of EPs.