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Surpassing the individual characteristics of the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) and the scale-free (SF) effect observed recently, we systematically exploit the exponential decay behavior of bulk eigenstates via the transfer matrix…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…