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In previous studies, the topological invariants of 1D non-Hermitian systems have been defined in open boundary condition (OBC) to satisfy the bulk-boundary correspondence. The extreme sensitivity of bulk energy spectra to boundary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-30 Eunwoo Lee , Hyunjik Lee , Bohm-Jung Yang

The search for evidence of Majorana states on the edges of topological superconductors (TSCs) is challenging due to the difficulty of detecting such charge-neutral electronic quasiparticles. Local microwave spectroscopy has been shown to be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-27 Han Bi , James Jun He

Non-Hermitian topological phases exhibit a number of exotic features that have no Hermitian counterparts, including the skin effect and breakdown of the conventional bulk-boundary correspondence. Here, we implement the non-Hermitian…

We investigate a one-dimensional superconducting lattice that realizes all internal symmetries permitted in non-Hermitian systems, characterized by nonreciprocal hopping, onsite dissipation, and $s$-wave singlet pairing in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Chuo-Kai Chang , Kazuma Saito , Nobuyuki Okuma , Hsien-Chung Kao , Chen-Hsuan Hsu

The topology of non-Hermitian systems is drastically shaped by the non-Hermitian skin effect, which leads to the generalized bulk-boundary correspondence and non-Bloch band theory. The essential part in formulations of bulk-boundary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-11 Fei Song , Shunyu Yao , Zhong Wang

We show that the bulk-boundary correspondence for topological insulators can be modified in the presence of non-Hermiticity. We consider a one-dimensional tight-binding model with gain and loss as well as long-range hopping. The system is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-04 Tony E. Lee

We develop the topological band theory for systems described by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, whose energy spectra are generally complex. After generalizing the notion of gapped band structures to the non-Hermitian case, we classify "gapped"…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 Huitao Shen , Bo Zhen , Liang Fu

This work comprehensively investigates the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) in a spinless Bernevig- Hughes-Zhang (BHZ)-like model in one dimension. It is generally believed that a system with non-reciprocal hopping amplitudes demonstrates…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-24 Dipendu Halder , Saurabh Basu

We derive an exactly solvable one-dimensional (1D) spin model from the three-band Hubbard model with a strong spin-orbit coupling by introducing U(1) gauge fields to the isospin states. We find that it has a topological nontrivial phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-30 Zhao-Yang Dong , Jian-Xin Li

Among non-Hermitian systems, pseudo-Hermitian phases represent a special class of physical models characterized by real energy spectra and by the absence of non-Hermitian skin effects. Here, we show that several pseudo-Hermitian phases in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-09 Yan-Qing Zhu , Wen Zheng , Shi-Liang Zhu , Giandomenico Palumbo

Non-Hermitian quantum many-body systems exhibit a rich array of physical phenomena, including non-Hermitian skin effects and exceptional points, that remain largely inaccessible to existing numerical techniques. In this work, we investigate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Massimo Solinas , Brandon Barton , Yuxuan Zhang , Jannes Nys , Juan Carrasquilla

Topological states in non-Hermitian systems are known to exhibit some anomalous features. Here, we find two new anomalous features of non-Hermitian topological states. We consider a one dimensional nonreciprocal Hamiltonian and show that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 C. Yuce

Both theoretical and experimental studies of topological phases in non-Hermitian systems have made a remarkable progress in the last few years of research. In this article, we review the key concepts pertaining to topological phases in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-18 Ananya Ghatak , Tanmoy Das

Majorana bound states often occur at the end of 1D topological superconductor or at the $\pi$ Josephson junction mediated by a helical edge state. Validated by a new bulk invariant and an intuitive edge argument, we show the emergence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-01 Qiyue Wang , Cheng-Cheng Liu , Yuan-Ming Lu , Fan Zhang

Chiral and helical Majorana edge modes are two archetypal gapless excitations of two-dimensional topological superconductors. They belong to superconductors from two different Altland-Zirnbauer symmetry classes characterized by $\mathbb{Z}$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-25 Haiping Hu , Indubala I. Satija , Erhai Zhao

We classify topological phases of non-Hermitian systems in the Altland-Zirnbauer classes with an additional reflection symmetry in all dimensions. By mapping the non-Hermitian system into an enlarged Hermitian Hamiltonian with an enforced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 Chun-Hui Liu , Hui Jiang , Shu Chen

We study non-Hermitian Aubry-Andr\'{e}-Harper models with p-wave pairing, where the non-Hermiticity is introduced by on-site complex quasiperiodic potentials. By analysing the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry breaking, winding numbers of energy…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-06-30 Xiaoming Cai

Through $s-d$ coupling, a superconducting thin film interfaced to a noncollinear magnetic insulator inherits its magnetic order, which may induce unconventional superconductivity that hosts Majorana edge states. From the cycloidal, helical,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-12-08 Wei Chen , Andreas P. Schnyder

Majorana bound states are zero-energy excitations of topological superconductors which obey non-Abelian exchange statistics and are basic building blocks for topological quantum computation. In order to observe and exploit their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-03 Alessio Calzona , Björn Trauzettel

Dirac semimetals are renowned for the host of singular symmetry-protected band degeneracies which can give rise to other exotic phases. In this work, we consider a two-dimensional Dirac semimetal stabilized by PT symmetry and nonsymmorphic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-15 Yijie Mo , Xiao-Jiao Wang , Zheng-Yang Zhuang , Zhongbo Yan