Generalized Parity-Time Symmetry Condition for Enhanced Sensor Telemetry

Wireless sensors based on micro-machined tunable resonators are important in a variety of applications, ranging from medical diagnosis to industrial and environmental monitoring.The sensitivity of these devices is, however, often limited by their low quality (Q) factor.Here, we introduce the concept of isospectral party time reciprocal scaling (PTX) symmetry and show that it can be used to build a new family of radiofrequency wireless microsensors exhibiting ultrasensitive responses and ultrahigh resolution, which are well beyond the limitations of conventional passive sensors. We show theoretically, and demonstrate experimentally using microelectromechanical based wireless pressure sensors, that PTXsymmetric electronic systems share the same eigenfrequencies as their parity time (PT)-symmetric counterparts, but crucially have different circuit profiles and eigenmodes. This simplifies the electronic circuit design and enables further enhancements to the extrinsic Q factor of the sensors

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Generalized parity–time symmetry condition for enhanced sensor telemetry

Wireless sensors based on micromachined tunable resonators are important in a variety of applications, ranging from medical diagnosis to industrial and environmental monitoring. The sensitivity of these devices is, however, often limited by their low quality (Q) factor. Here, we introduce the concept of isospectral party–time–reciprocal scaling (PTX) symmetry and show that it can be used to build a new family of radiofrequency wireless microsensors exhibiting ultrasensitive responses and ultrahigh resolution, which are well beyond the limitations of conventional passive sensors. We show theoretically, and demonstrate experimentally using microelectromechanical-based wireless pressure sensors, that PTX-symmetric electronic systems share the same eigenfrequencies as their parity–time (PT)-symmetric counterparts, but crucially have different circuit profiles and eigenmodes. This simplifies the electronic circuit design and enables further enhancements to the extrinsic Q-factor of the sensors

Correction: Generalized parity-time symmetry condition for enhanced sensor telemetry (Nature Electronics (2018) DOI: 10.1038/s41928-018-0072-6)

© 2018 The Author(s). In the version of this Article originally published, a division symbol was mistakenly omitted from both of the y axis labels in Fig. 5a. The label in the left panel should have read \u27Re((ω×ω0)/2π) (MHz)\u27 and the label in the right panel should have read \u27Im((ω×ω0)/2π) (MHz)\u27. This has now been corrected