SOME CONSEQUENCES OF PT SYMMETRY FOR OPTICAL-ROTATION EXPERIMENTS

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CANRIGHT, GS [1 ]
ROJO, AG [1 ]
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[1] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB,DIV SOLID STATE,OAK RIDGE,TN 37831
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.1601
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We perform a general symmetry analysis of optical experiments on samples in the "PT state," that is, samples for which 3D inversion symmetry P and time inversion symmetry T are each broken, but which are invariant under the product PT. We show that PT symmetry is compatible with all known results on optical rotation in the high-temperature superconductors. We also find a unique and accessible experimental signature for the PT state.
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