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Non-Hermitian topological systems have attracted a lot of research activities in recent times, both theoretically and experimentally, due to their unique physical properties and association with open quantum systems. We show that modular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Saubhik Sarkar , Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay , Abolfazl Bayat

Non-Hermitian boundaries commonly take place in many open quantum systems locally coupled to a surrounding environment. Here, we reveal a type of non-Hermitian effect induced by non-Hermitian boundaries, the non-Hermitian proximity effect…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-07-04 Deguang Wu , Jiasong Chen , Wei Su , Rui Wang , Baigeng Wang , D. Y. Xing

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit nontrivial band topology and a strong sensitivity of the energy spectrum on the boundary conditions. Remarkably, a macroscopic number of bulk states get squeezed toward the lattice edges under open boundary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-26 Stefano Longhi

In the presence of non-Hermitian skin effect, non-Hermitian lattices generally have complex-valued eigenenergies under periodic boundary condition, but they can have non-Bloch PT symmetry and therefore completely real eigenenergies under…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-03 Fei Song , Hong-Yi Wang , Zhong Wang

Anderson localization is a fundamental phenomenon in disordered quantum systems, where transport is suppressed by wave interference from extensive randomness. Moving beyond traditional multi-impurity scenarios, we investigate…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-03 Niaz Ali Khan , Munsif Jan , Muzamil Shah , Muhammad Sajid , Muhammad Mateen , Mushtaq Ali

In this work, we propose a theory on the two-dimensional non-Hermitian skin effect by resolving two representative minimal models. Specifically, we show that for any given non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, (i) the corresponding region covered by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Zeqi Xu , Bo Pang , Kai Zhang , Zhesen Yang

Symmetry-protected ideal flat bands in one-dimensional (1D) Hermitian lattices are populated by compact localized states (CLS) - a special class of localization with wavefunctions confined within a small region. In this work, we discover…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Xulong Wang , Dongyi Wang , Congwei Lu , Ruo-Yang Zhang , Ching Hua Lee , Kun Ding , Guancong Ma

Controlling topological phases is a central goal in quantum materials and related fields, enabling applications such as robust transport and programmable edge states. Here we uncover a mechanism in which local on-site impurities act as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-28 Tianxing Shi , Chuhang Zhang , Liang Jin , Linhu Li

The non-Hermitian skin effect dramatically reshapes the energy bands of non-Hermitian systems, meaning that the usual Bloch band theory is fundamentally inadequate as their characterization. The non-Bloch band theory, in which the concept…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-02 Hong-Yi Wang , Fei Song , Zhong Wang

Criticality in non-Hermitian systems unveils unique phase transitions and scaling behaviors beyond Hermitian paradigms, offering new insights into the interplay between gain/loss, non-reciprocity, and complex energy spectra. In this paper,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Yi Qin , Yee Sin Ang , Ching Hua Lee , Linhu Li

The non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) is a significant phenomenon observed in non-Hermitian systems under open boundary conditions, where the extensive bulk eigenstates tend to accumulate at the lattice edges. In this article, we investigate…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-06-07 Rui Qi , Junpeng Cao , Xiang-Ping Jiang

Local constraint in the lattice gauge theory provides an exotic mechanism that facilitates the disorder-free localization. However, the understanding of nonequilibrium dynamics in the non-Hermitian lattice gauge model remains limited. Here,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-02-22 Jun-Qing Cheng , Shuai Yin , Dao-Xin Yao

The formation of Stationary Localized states due to a nonlinear dimeric impurity embedded in a perfect 1-d chain is studied here using the appropriate Discrete Nonlinear Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger Equation. Furthermore, the nonlinearity has the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-28 B. C. Gupta , K. Kundu

Cavity optomechanics is important in both quantum information processing and basic physics research. In this paper, we propose an optomechanical lattice which manifests non-Hermitian physics . We first use the non-Bloch band theory to…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-19 Pengyu Wen , Min Wang , Gui-Lu Long

The non-Hermitian skin effect, i.e., the localization of nominally bulk modes, not only drastically reshapes the spectral properties of non-Hermitian systems, but also dramatically modifies the real-time dynamics therein. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-19 Wen-Tan Xue , Fei Song , Yu-Min Hu , Zhong Wang

We investigate theoretically tunable non-Hermitian skin effect in systems with gain and loss, and find that bipolar (quadripolar) non-Hermitian skin effect characterized by topological invariants in one (two)-dimensional system. We also…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-10-29 Wen-Cheng Jiang , Hong Wu , Jian Li , Qing-Xu Li , Jia-Ji Zhu

Scrambling in many-body quantum systems causes initially local observables to spread uniformly over the whole available Hilbert space under unitary dynamics, which in lattice systems causes exponential suppression of dynamical correlation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-07-27 Felix Fritzsch , Tomaž Prosen

Strong, non-perturbative interactions often lead to new exciting physics, as epitomized by emergent anyons from the Fractional Quantum Hall effect. Within the actively investigated domain of non-Hermitian physics, we discover a new family…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-09-29 Ruizhe Shen , Ching Hua Lee

We examine the formation of localized states on a generalized nonlinear impurity located at, or near the surface of a semi-infinite 2D square lattice. Using the formalism of lattice Green functions, we obtain in closed form the number of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Mario I. Molina

A unique feature of non-Hermitian systems is the skin effect, which is the extreme sensitivity to the boundary conditions. Here, we reveal that the skin effect originates from intrinsic non-Hermitian topology. Such a topological origin not…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Nobuyuki Okuma , Kohei Kawabata , Ken Shiozaki , Masatoshi Sato