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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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-11 Bo Li , He-Ran Wang , Fei Song , Zhong Wang

Topological invariants are crucial for characterizing topological systems. However, experimentally measuring them presents a significant challenge, especially in non-Hermitian systems where the biorthogonal eigenvectors are often necessary.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-23 Shuo Wang , Zhengjie Kang , Hao Li , Jiaojiao Li , Yuanjie Zhang , Zhihuang Luo

The current understanding of the role of topology in non-Hermitian (NH) systems and its far-reaching physical consequences observable in a range of dissipative settings are reviewed. In particular, how the paramount and genuinely NH concept…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 Emil J. Bergholtz , Jan Carl Budich , Flore K. Kunst

We present the viewpoint of treating one-dimensional band structures as Riemann surfaces, linking the unique properties of non-Hermiticity to the geometry and topology of the Riemann surface. Branch cuts and branch points play a significant…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Heming Wang , Lingling Fan , Shanhui Fan

It has been known that the bulk-boundary correspondence (BBC) of the non-Hermitian skin effect is characterized by the topology of the complex eigenvalue spectra, while the topology of the wave function gives rise to Hermitian BBC with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-05 Sonu Verma , Moon Jip Park

The Hatano-Nelson model is one of the most prototypical non-Hermitian models that exhibit the intrinsic non-Hermitian topological phases and the concomitant skin effect. These phenomena unique to non-Hermitian topological systems originate…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-09-19 Taozhi Guo , Kohei Kawabata , Ryota Nakai , Shinsei Ryu

Topology plays an important role in non-hermitian systems. How to characterize a non-hermitian topological system under open-boundary conditions(OBCs) is a challenging problem. A one-dimensional(1D) topological invariant defined on a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-21 ChunChi Liu , LiuHao Li , Jin An

Dramatically different from the Hermitian systems, the conventional Bulk-Boundary Correspondence (BBC) is broken in the non-Hermitian systems. In this article, we use edge entanglement entropy to characterize the topological properties of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-02-16 Weitao Chen , Liangtao Peng , Hantao Lu , Xiancong Lu

We show topological configurations of the complex-valued spectra in gapped non-Hermitian systems. These arise when the distinctive EPs in the energy Riemann sheets of such models are annihilated after threading them across the boundary of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 Anton Montag , Alexander Felski , Flore K. Kunst

Non-Hermiticity can vary the topology of system, induce topological phase transition, and even invalidate the conventional bulk-boundary correspondence. Here, we show the introducing of non-Hermiticity without affecting the topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-30 K. L. Zhang , H. C. Wu , L. Jin , Z. Song

We numerically study topological effects of electromagnetic (EM) waves in a two-dimensional (2D) non-Hermitian photonic crystal (PhC) composed of lossy magneto-optical materials. In this system, not only the EM wavefunctions but also the…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-28 Huyen Thanh Phan , Katsunori Wakabayashi

This article reviews recent developments in the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE), particularly on its rich interplay with topology. The review starts off with a pedagogical introduction on the modified bulk-boundary correspondence, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Rijia Lin , Tommy Tai , Mengjie Yang , Linhu Li , Ching Hua Lee

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

In a finite one-dimensional non-Hermitian system, the number of zero modes does not necessarily reflect the topology of the system. This is known as the breakdown of the bulk-boundary correspondence and has led to misconceptions about the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-02-06 K. Monkman , J. Sirker

The non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE), a hallmark of non-Hermitian systems, stems from the topological nature of complex energy spectra, typically characterized by a non-zero spectral winding number. Beyond the spinless frameworks considered…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-26 Moirangthem Sanahal , Subhasis Panda , Snehasish Nandy

We establish a novel mechanism for topological transitions in non-Hermitian systems that are controlled by the system size. Based on a new paradigm known as exceptional-bound (EB) band engineering, its mechanism hinges on the unique…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-10 Mengjie Yang , Ching Hua Lee

Spectral degeneracies (dubbed nodal points in momentum space) play fundamental roles in understanding exotic properties of light and matter. In lattice systems, unpaired band-structure degeneracies are subject to well-established no-go…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Kunkun Wang , J. Lukas K. König , Kang Yang , Lei Xiao , Wei Yi , Emil J. Bergholtz , Peng Xue

The breakdown of conventional bulk-boundary correspondence, a cornerstone of topological physics, is one of counter-intuitive phenomena in non-Hermitian systems, that is deeply rooted in symmetry. In particular, preserved chiral symmetry is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Miao Zhang , Yue Zhang , Shuai Li , Rui Tian , Tianhao Wu , Yingchao Xu , Yi-an Li , Yuanbang Wei , Hong Gao , M. Suhail Zubairy , Fuli Li , Bo Liu

The complex eigenenergies and non-orthogonal eigenstates of non-Hermitian systems exhibit unique topological phenomena that cannot appear in Hermitian systems. Representative examples are the non-Hermitian skin effect and exceptional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Jung-Wan Ryu , Jae-Ho Han , Chang-Hwan Yi , Hee Chul Park , Moon Jip Park

Open quantum systems far from thermal equilibrium can exhibit remarkable physical phenomena including topological properties without a direct equilibrium counterpart. Along these lines, in periodically driven dissipative systems within the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 Florian Koch , Yu-Min Hu , Jan Carl Budich