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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…

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The non-Hermitian skin effect refers to the accumulation of eigenstates near the boundary in open boundary lattice models, which can be systematically characterized using the non-Bloch band theory. Here, we apply the non-Bloch band theory…

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Topological semimetals exhibit protected band crossings in momentum space, accompanied by corresponding surface states. Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians introduce geometry-sensitive features that dissolve this bulk-boundary correspondence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Megan Schoenzeit , Chang Shu , Kai Zhang , Kai Sun

We present a pedagogical review of the periodically driven non-Hermitian systems, particularly on the rich interplay between the non-Hermitian skin effect and the topology. We start by reviewing the non-Bloch band theory of the static…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-28 Xiang Ji , Xiaosen Yang

One of the most pronounced non-Hermitian phenomena is the non-Hermitian skin effect, which refers to the exponential localization of bulk eigenstates near the boundaries of non-Hermitian systems. Whereas non-Bloch band theory has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-27 Yu-Min Hu , Yin-Quan Huang , Wen-Tan Xue , Zhong Wang

Quantum devices characterized by non-Hermitian topology are predicted to show highly robust and potentially useful properties, but realizing them has remained a daunting experimental task. This is because non-Hermiticity is often associated…

Non-Hermitian topological phases in static and periodically driven systems have attracted great attention in recent years. Finding dynamical probes for these exotic phases would be of great importance in the detection and application of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-17 Longwen Zhou

Topological phases of Hermitian systems are known to exhibit intriguing properties such as the presence of robust boundary states and the famed bulk-boundary correspondence. These features can change drastically for their non-Hermitian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-01 Flore K. Kunst , Vatsal Dwivedi

Entanglement entropy characterizes the correlation of multi-particles and unveils the crucial features of open quantum systems. However, the experimental realization of exploring entanglement in non-Hermitian systems remains a challenge. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-17 Mingyuan Gao , Chong Sheng , Yule Zhao , Runqiu He , Liangliang Lu , Wei Chen , Kun Ding , Shining Zhu , Hui Liu

We focus on a scenario of non-Hermitian bulk--boundary correspondence that uses a topological invariant defined in a bulk geometry under a modified periodic boundary condition. Although this has succeeded in describing the topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-23 Chihiro Ishii , Yositake Takane

In non-Hermitian crystals showing the non-Hermitian skin effect, ordinary Bloch band theory and Bloch topological invariants fail to correctly predict energy spectra, topological boundary states, and symmetry breaking phase transitions in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-18 Stefano Longhi

Non-Hermitian topological edge states have many intriguing properties, but have so far mainly been discussed in terms of bulk-boundary correspondence. Here we propose to use a bulk property of diffusion coefficients for probing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Zhiyu Tian , Yang Liu , Le Luo

Recently, the study of non-Hermitian physics has attracted considerable attention. The modified bulk-boundary correspondence has been proposed to understand topological edge states in non-Hermitian static systems. Here we report a new…

Optics · Physics 2019-06-18 Bo Wang , Tian Chen , Xiangdong Zhang

We formulate quantum geometry for non-Hermitian systems under open boundary conditions. By defining quantum-geometric quantities in both real-space and non-Bloch representations, we establish a unified framework beyond conventional Bloch…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Junsong Sun , Huaiming Guo , Bohm-Jung Yang

Topology in quench dynamics gives rise to intriguing dynamic topological phenomena, which are intimately connected to the topology of static Hamiltonians yet challenging to probe experimentally. Here we experimentally detect momentum-time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-06 Kunkun Wang , Xingze Qiu , Lei Xiao , Xiang Zhan , Zhihao Bian , Barry C. Sanders , Wei Yi , Peng Xue

Non-Hermitian physics predicts open quantum system dynamics with unique topological features such as exceptional points and the non-Hermitian skin effect. We show that this new paradigm of topological systems can serve as probes for bulk…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Saubhik Sarkar , Francesco Ciccarello , Angelo Carollo , Abolfazl Bayat

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

Topological edge modes are excitations that are localized at the materials' edges and yet are characterized by a topological invariant defined in the bulk. Such bulk-edge correspondence has enabled the creation of robust electronic,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-30 Ananya Ghatak , Martin Brandenbourger , Jasper van Wezel , Corentin Coulais

Topological quantum states are characterized by nonlocal invariants, and their detection is intrinsically challenging. Various strategies have been developed to study topological Hamiltonians through their equilibrium states. We present a…

Non-Hermitian quantum systems can exhibit unique observables characterizing topologically protected transport in the presence of decay. The topological protection arises from winding numbers associated with non-decaying dark states, which…

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