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    • Plasmonics
    • Nanophotonics
    • Optical Engineering

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    • Non-parity-time-symmetric systems offer unique light manipulation capabilities.
    • Plasmonic waveguide-cavity systems are crucial for integrated nanophotonics.
    • Achieving unidirectional light propagation is essential for optical devices.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To design and demonstrate a non-parity-time-symmetric plasmonic waveguide-cavity system.
    • To realize unidirectional reflectionless propagation at optical communication wavelengths.
    • To investigate the role of material loss and exceptional points in this phenomenon.

    Main Methods:

    • Designing a metal-dielectric-metal waveguide coupled with stub resonators.
    • Utilizing an exceptional point to achieve unidirectional reflectionless propagation.
    • Analyzing the critical role of material loss in the metal components.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated a plasmonic system exhibiting unidirectional reflectionless propagation.
    • Achieved a contrast ratio near unity between forward and backward reflection.
    • Confirmed material loss in metal is critical for unidirectional reflectionlessness.
    • Investigated exceptional points, level repulsion, crossing, and phase transitions.
    • Proposed a method for designing wavelength-scale unidirectional plasmonic waveguide perfect absorbers.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed non-parity-time-symmetric plasmonic system enables efficient unidirectional reflectionless propagation.
    • Material loss is a key factor for achieving this effect in plasmonic devices.
    • The findings pave the way for compact, unidirectional integrated nanoplasmonic devices.