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Non-Hermitian Bulk-Boundary Correspondence in Periodically Driven System

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2021-02-24 v2

Abstract

Bulk-boundary correspondence, connecting the bulk topology and the edge states, is an essential principle of the topological phases. However, the bulk-boundary correspondence is broken down in general non-Hermitian systems. In this paper, we construct one-dimensional non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model with periodic driving that exhibits non-Hermitian skin effect: all the eigenstates are localized at the boundary of the systems, whether the bulk states or the zero and the π\pi modes. To capture the topological properties, the non-Bloch winding numbers are defined by the non-Bloch periodized evolution operators based on the generalized Brillouin zone. Furthermore, the non-Hermitian bulk-boundary correspondence is established: the non-Bloch winding numbers (W0,πW_{0,\pi}) characterize the edge states with quasienergies ϵ=0,π\epsilon=0, \pi. In our non-Hermitian system, a novel phenomenon can emerge that the robust edge states can appear even when the Floquet bands are topological trivial with zero non-Bloch band invariant, which is defined in terms of the non-Bloch effective Hamiltonian. We also show that the relation between the non-Bloch winding numbers (W0,πW_{0,\pi}) and the non-Bloch band invariant (W\mathcal{W}): W=W0Wπ\mathcal{W}= W_{0}- W_{\pi}.

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@article{arxiv.2007.13499,
  title  = {Non-Hermitian Bulk-Boundary Correspondence in Periodically Driven System},
  author = {Yang Cao and Yang Li and Xiaosen Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.13499},
  year   = {2021}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures

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