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Standard scaling theory dictates that disorder leads to immediate localization in one-dimensional Hermitian systems. We demonstrate that non-Hermitian topology fundamentally alters this paradigm, protecting transport up to a substantial…

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In the framework of non-Hermitian photonics, we investigate the interplay between disorder and non-Hermiticity in a one-dimensional Hatano-Nelson lattice. While Anderson localization dictates the wave's evolution in conservative random…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-05-20 E. T. Kokkinakis , K. G. Makris , E. N. Economou

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit anomalous scaling, a striking departure from conventional bulk laws, rooted in the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE). Here, we experimentally uncover this scaling and demonstrate its active control in a temporal…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-30 Shulin Wang , Jiawei He , Zhiyuan Yang , Stefano Longhi , Peng Xue

We investigate the scaling properties of eigenstates of a one-dimensional (1D) Anderson model in the presence of a constant electric field. The states show a transition from exponential to factorial localization. For infinite systems this…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 Matthias Weiss , Tsampikos Kottos , Theo Geisel

By using dimensionless conductances as scaling variables, the conventional one-parameter scaling theory of localization fails for non-reciprocal non-Hermitian systems such as the Hanato-Nelson model. Here, we propose a one-parameter scaling…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-06-05 C. Wang , Wenxue He , X. R. Wang , Hechen Ren

Non-Hermitian dynamics is ubiquitous in various physical systems. While recent study shows that such a dynamics leads to an area-law scaling of the entanglement entropy due to the non-Hermitian skin effects, it remains unclear how disorder…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-09 Kai Li , Ze-Chuan Liu , Yong Xu

Recent years have witnessed a surge of research on the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) in one-dimensional lattices with finite-range couplings. In this work, we show that the long-range couplings that decay as $1/l^{\alpha}$ at distance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-14 Yi-Cheng Wang , H. H. Jen , Jhih-Shih You

The Wannier-Stark localization dynamically alters the entanglement behavior of non-Hermitian free fermions. Utilizing the single-particle correlation matrix technique, we analyze the effective Hamiltonian of these fermions with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-26 Han-Ze Li , Minhui Wan , Jian-Xin Zhong

The bulk states of Hermitian systems are believed insensitive to local Hermitian impurities or perturbations except for a few impurity-induced bound states. Thus, it is important to ask whether \textit{local} non-Hermiticity can cause…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-02 Cui-Xian Guo , Xueliang Wang , Haiping Hu , Shu Chen

Anderson localization (AL) and the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) represent two paradigmatic localization phenomena driven, respectively, by disorder and non-Hermiticity. In one-dimensional (1D) non-Hermitian systems, these factors are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-27 Moirangthem Sanahal , Subhasis Panda , Snehasish Nandy

We study a Lindbladian generalization of the Anderson model of localization that describes disordered free fermions coupled to a disordered environment. From finite size scaling of both eigenvalue statistics and participation ratio, we…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-01-30 Foster Thompson , Yi Huang , Alex Kamenev

Studying critical states in quasiperiodic systems is of great importance in localization physics. Previously identified critical states share a common characteristic: they exhibit persistent critical features in the thermodynamic limit. In…

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We illuminate the fundamental mechanism responsible for the transition between the non-Hermitian skin effect and defect-induced localization in the bulk. We study a Hamiltonian with non-reciprocal couplings that exhibits the skin effect…

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We show for generic quantum non-Hermitian tight-binding models that relaxation timescales of local observables are not controlled by the localization length $\xi_{\rm loc}$ associated with the non-Hermitian skin effect, contrary to popular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-29 Gideon Lee , Alexander McDonald , Aashish Clerk

Numerical approaches to Anderson localization face the problem of having to treat large localization lengths while being restricted to finite system sizes. We show that by finite-size scaling of the probability distribution of the local…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-18 Gerald Schubert , Jens Schleede , Krzysztof Byczuk , Holger Fehske , Dieter Vollhardt

We report a novel localization phenomenon that emerges in non-Hermitian and quasiperiodic coupled systems, which we dub ``Anderson-Skin (AS) dualism". The emergence of AS dualism is due to the fact that non-Hermitian topological systems…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-11-18 Shan-Zhong Li , Linhu Li , Shi-Liang Zhu , Zhi Li

The competition between non-Hermitian skin effect and Anderson localization leads to various intriguing phenomena concerning spectrums and wavefunctions. Here, we study the linear response of disordered non-Hermitian systems, which is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-20 Yin-Quan Huang , Yu-Min Hu , Wen-Tan Xue , Zhong Wang

Disorder and non-Hermitian effects together can upend how waves localize. In a 1D disordered chain, the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) can induce Anderson delocalization, defying the usual rule that disorder in low dimensions always…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-09-03 Wei-Wu Jin , Jin Liu , Xin Wang , Yu-Ran Zhang , Xueqin Huang , Xiaomin Wei , Wenbo Ju , Zhongmin Yang , Tao Liu , Franco Nori

Potential disorder in 1D leads to Anderson localization of the entire spectrum. Upon sacrificing hermiticity by adding non-reciprocal hopping, the non-Hermitian skin effect competes with localization. We find another route for…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-02-27 Liang-Hong Mo , Zhenyu Xiao , Roderich Moessner , Hongzheng Zhao