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One of the most striking features of quantum mechanics is the appearance of phases of matter with topological origins. These phases result in remarkably robust macroscopic phenomena such as the edge modes in integer quantum Hall systems,…

We investigate in the framework of quantum noise theory how the striking boundary-sensitivity recently discovered in the context of non-Hermitian (NH) topological phases may be harnessed to devise novel quantum sensors. Specifically, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Florian Koch , Jan Carl Budich

In this paper, we review our non-Bloch band theory in one-dimensional non-Hermitian tight-binding systems. In our theory, it is shown that in non-Hermitian systems, the Brillouin zone is determined so as to reproduce continuum energy bands…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-26 Kazuki Yokomizo , Shuichi Murakami

One-dimensional discrete-time quantum walks show a rich spectrum of topological phases that have so far been exclusively analysed in momentum space. In this work we introduce an alternative approach to topology which is based on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-30 B. Tarasinski , J. K. Asboth , J. P. Dahlhaus

Disorder and non-Hermiticity dramatically impact the topological and localization properties of a quantum system, giving rise to intriguing quantum states of matter. The rich interplay of disorder, non-Hermiticity, and topology is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 Quan Lin , Tianyu Li , Lei Xiao , Kunkun Wang , Wei Yi , Peng Xue

Robust boundary states epitomize how deep physics can give rise to concrete experimental signatures with technological promise. Of late, much attention has focused on two distinct mechanisms for boundary robustness - topological protection,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-30 Deyuan Zou , Tian Chen , Wenjing He , Jiacheng Bao , Ching Hua Lee , Houjun Sun , Xiangdong Zhang

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit phenomena that are qualitatively different from those of Hermitian systems and have been exploited to achieve a number of ends, including the generation of exceptional points, nonreciprocal dynamics,…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-23 H. Xu , D. Mason , Luyao Jiang , J. G. E. Harris

Topological materials exhibit edge-localized scattering-free modes protected by their nontrivial bulk topology through the bulk-edge correspondence in Hermitian systems. While topological phenomena have recently been much investigated in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-16 Kazuki Sone , Yuto Ashida , Takahiro Sagawa

We investigate the topological phase transitions and edge-state properties of a time-multiplexed nonunitary quantum walk with sublattice symmetry. By constructing a Floquet operator incorporating tunable gain and loss, we systematically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Huimin Wang , Zhihao Xu , Zhijian Li

We establish a non-Bloch band theory for one-dimensional(1D) non-Hermitian topological superconductors. The universal physical properties of non-Hermitian topological superconductors are revealed based on the theory. According to the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-20 Yang Cao , Yang Li , Yuanping Chen , Xiaosen Yang

We propose and present a concept of Topological Distance (TD), obtained from the integration of trace distance over the generalized Brillouin zone, in order to characterize the topological transitions of non-Hermitian systems. Specifically,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-13 ZhaoXiang Fang , Yongxu Fu , Guang-Can Guo , Long Xiong

The congregation of topological quantum and classical systems with the ideas of non-Hermitian physics has generated enormous research interest in the last few years. While the concepts associated to non-trivial topological aspects have…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-08-27 Nitish Kumar Gupta , Arun M. Jayannavar

The non-Hermitian skin effect, as a unique feature of non-Hermitian systems, will break the topological energy braiding of the Bloch bands in open boundary systems. Going beyond the Bloch band theory, we unveil the energy braiding of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Yang Li , Xiang Ji , Yuanping Chen , Xiaohong Yan , Xiaosen Yang

Topological phases and the associated multiple edge states are studied for parity and time-reversal $(\mathcal{PT})$ symmetric non-Hermitian open quantum systems by constructing a non-unitary three-step quantum walk retaining $\mathcal{PT}$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-14 Makio Kawasaki , Ken Mochizuki , Norio Kawakami , Hideaki Obuse

Topological insulators are fascinating states of matter exhibiting protected edge states and robust quantized features in their bulk. Here, we propose and validate experimentally a method to detect topological properties in the bulk of…

Owing to the presence of exceptional points (EPs), non-Hermitian (NH) systems can display intriguing topological phenomena without Hermitian analogs. However, experimental characterizations of exceptional topological invariants have been…

This is a review paper concerned with the global consistency of the quantum dynamics of non-commutative systems. Our point of departure is the theory of constrained systems, since it provides a unified description of the classical and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 F. S. Bemfica , H. O. Girotti

Many-body topological quantum states host exotic quantum phenomena and lie at the forefront of developing next-generation quantum technologies. Recently emerged neural network wavefunction methods have established themselves as a powerful…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-13 Haoxiang Chen , Yubing Qian , Weiluo Ren , Xiang Li , Ji Chen

We investigate novel features of three dimensional non-Hermitian Weyl semimetals, paying special attention to its unconventional bulk-boundary correspondence. We use the non-Bloch Chern numbers as the tool to obtain the topological phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-05 Xiaosen Yang , Yang Cao , Yunjia Zhai

The quantum walk was originally proposed as a quantum mechanical analogue of the classical random walk, and has since become a powerful tool in quantum information science. In this paper, we show that discrete time quantum walks provide a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-30 Takuya Kitagawa , Mark S. Rudner , Erez Berg , Eugene Demler