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We consider a 3-dimensional (3D) non-Hermitian exceptional line semimetal model and take open boundary conditions in x, y, and z directions separately. In each case, we calculate the parameter regions where the bulk-boundary correspondence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-22 Zhicheng Zhang , Zhesen Yang , Jiangping Hu

We report a novel mechanism of boundary-sensitive PT symmetry breaking in one-dimensional Floquet systems. By designing a time-periodic driving protocol, we realize a Floquet Hamiltonian that is Hermitian under periodic boundary conditions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Bo Li , He-Ran Wang , Fei Song

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

Unlike Hermitian systems, non-Hermitian energy spectra under periodic boundary conditions can form closed loops in the complex energy plane, a phenomenon known as point gap topology. In this paper, we investigate the self-intersection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-11 Jinghui Pi , Chenyang Wang , Yong-Chun Liu , Yangqian Yan

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

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

The bulk-boundary correspondence (BBC), i.e. the direct relation between bulk topological invariants defined for infinite periodic systems and the occurrence of protected zero-energy surface states in finite samples, is a ubiquitous and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-17 Rebekka 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

We present a novel, real-time, experimental technique for linear and nonlinear Brillouin zone spectroscopy of photonic lattices. The method relies on excitation with random-phase waves and far-field visualization of the spatial spectrum of…

Parity-time (PT)-symmetric Hamiltonians have widespread significance in non-Hermitian physics. A PT-symmetric Hamiltonian can exhibit distinct phases with either real or complex eigenspectrum, while the transition points in between, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-13 Lei Xiao , Tianshu Deng , Kunkun Wang , Zhong Wang , Wei Yi , Peng Xue

Bulk-boundary correspondence is the cornerstone of topological physics. In some non-Hermitian topological system this fundamental relation is broken in the sense that the topological number calculated for the Bloch energy band under the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-29 Ken-Ichiro Imura , Yositake Takane

Brillouin-zone (BZ) definition in a class of non-reciprocal Willis monatomic lattices (WMLs) is analytically quantified. It is shown that BZ boundaries only shift in response to non-reciprocity in one-dimensional WMLs, implying a constant…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-12-05 Hasan B. Al Ba'ba'a

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

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

Energy bands of non-Hermitian crystalline systems are described in terms of the generalized Brillouin zone (GBZ) having unique features which are absent in Hermitian systems. In this paper, we show that in one-dimensional non-Hermitian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-20 Kazuki Yokomizo , Shuichi Murakami

The non-Bloch band theory can describe energy bands in a one-dimensional (1D) non-Hermitian system. On the other hand, whether the non-Bloch band theory can be extended to higher-dimensional non-Hermitian systems is nontrivial. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Kazuki Yokomizo , Shuichi Murakami

The bulk-boundary correspondence predicts the existence of boundary modes localized at the edges of topologically nontrivial systems. The wavefunctions of hermitian boundary modes can be obtained as the eigenmodes of a modified Jackiw-Rebbi…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-16 Pasquale Marra , Angela Nigro

The consistency between eigenvalues calculated under open and periodic boundary conditions, named as {\it bulk-bulk correspondence} ($\mathcal{BBC}$), can be destroyed in systems with non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE). In spite of the great…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-01-10 Zhi-Qiang Zhang , Hongfang Liu , Haiwen Liu , Hua Jiang , X. C. Xie

This study establishes a non-Bloch band theory for time-modulated discrete mechanical systems. We consider simple mass-spring chains whose stiffness is periodically modulated in time. Using the temporal Floquet theory, the system is…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-11-21 Kei Matsushima , Takayuki Yamada

Non-Hermitian quantum systems exhibit various interesting and inter-connected spectral, topological, and boundary-sensitive features. By introducing conditional boundary conditions (CBCs) for non-Hermitian quantum systems, we explore a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Yongxu Fu , Yi Zhang