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In spatially periodic Hermitian systems, such as electronic systems in crystals, the band structure is described by the band theory in terms of the Bloch wave functions, which reproduce energy levels for large systems with open boundaries.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Kazuki Yokomizo , Shuichi Murakami

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

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

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

Non-Hermitian Chern insulators differ from their Hermitian cousins in one key aspect: their edge spectra are incredibly rich and confounding. For example, even in the simple case where the bulk spectrum consists of two bands with Chern…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-05 James Bartlett , Erhai Zhao

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

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit diverse graph patterns of energy spectra under open boundary conditions. Here we present an algebraic framework to comprehensively characterize the spectral geometry and graph topology of non-Bloch bands. Using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Yuncheng Xiong , Haiping Hu

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

Nonlinear eigenvalue problems arise in a wide range of physical systems, in which system parameters depend on the eigenvalue. Such systems have been proposed to exhibit an extreme sensitivity of their spectra to boundary conditions, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Kota Otsuka , Kazuki Yokomizo

In recent research, it has been shown that non-Hermitian systems exhibit sensitivity to boundaries, and it is caused by the non-Hermitian skin effect. In this work, we construct the non-Bloch band theory in bosonic Bogoliubov--de Gennes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-28 Kazuki Yokomizo , Shuichi Murakami

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

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

The relation between chiral edge modes and bulk Chern numbers of quantum Hall insulators is a paradigmatic example of bulk-boundary correspondence. We show that the chiral edge modes are not strictly tied to the Chern numbers defined by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Shunyu Yao , Fei Song , Zhong Wang

Non-Bloch band theory describes bulk energy spectra and topological invariants in non-Hermitian crystals with open boundaries, where the bulk eigenstates are squeezed toward the edges (skin effect). However, the interplay of non-Bloch band…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-15 Stefano Longhi

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 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

Non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) is a distinctive phenomenon in non-Hermitian systems, characterized by a significant accumulation of eigenstates at system boundaries. While well-understood in one dimension via non-Bloch band theory,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-02 Yuncheng Xiong , Ze-Yu Xing , Haiping Hu

Although the non-Bloch band theory is a milestone in elaborating bulk energy bands of non-Hermitian systems under the open-boundary condition (OBC), vital issues related to multivalued functions of non-Hermitian energy bands remain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 Yongxu Fu , Yi Zhang

Non-Hermitian systems play a central role in nonequilibrium physics, where determining the energy spectrum under open boundary conditions is a fundamental problem. Non-Bloch band theory, based on the characteristic equation $\text{det}[E -…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Haoshu Li

In two- and higher-dimensional non-Hermitian lattices, systems can exhibit geometry-dependent bands, where the spectrum and eigenstates under open boundary conditions depend on the bulk geometry even in the thermodynamic limit. Although…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-07 Chenyang Wang , Jinghui Pi , Qinxin Liu , Yaohua Li , Yong-Chun Liu
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