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Non-Hermitian systems can exhibit unique topological and localization properties. Here we elucidate the non-Hermitian effects on disordered topological systems by studying a non-Hermitian disordered Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-15 Dan-Wei Zhang , Ling-Zhi Tang , Li-Jun Lang , Hui Yan , Shi-Liang Zhu

Characterizing the delocalization transition in closed quantum systems with a many-body localized phase is a key open question in the field of nonequilibrium physics. We exploit that localization of particles as realized in Anderson and…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-12-17 Miroslav Hopjan , Giuliano Orso , Fabian Heidrich-Meisner

The unidirectional Hatano-Nelson chain serves as the fundamental non-Hermitian building block of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model. We investigate its Anderson localization properties under diagonal binary disorder. For weak disorder,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-04-01 Supriyo Ghosh , Sergej Flach

We study the entanglement entropy(EE) of disordered one-dimensional spinless fermions with attractive interactions. With intensive numerical calculation of the EE using the density matrix renormalization group method, we find clear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-08 Rui-Lin Chu , An Zhao , Shun-Qing Shen

The behavior of higher-order boundary states in non-Hermitian systems is elusive and thereby finding the mechanism behind these states is both essential and significant. Here, we uncover a novel mechanism that induces anomalous higher-order…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-24 Hui-Qiang Liang , Zuxuan Ou , Linhu Li , Guo-Fu Xu

In QCD above the chiral restoration temperature there exists an Anderson transition in the fermion spectrum from localized to delocalized modes. We investigate whether the same holds for nonlinear sigma models which share properties like…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-04-18 Falk Bruckmann , Jacob Wellnhofer

This study investigates the entanglement properties of disordered free fermion systems undergoing an Anderson phase transition from a delocalized to a localized phase. The entanglement entropy is employed to quantify the degree of…

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We study the localization and topological transitions of the generalized non-Hermitian SSH models, where the non-Hermiticities are introduced by the complex quasiperiodic hopping and the nonreciprocal hopping. We elucidate the universality…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-08-16 X. Q. Sun , C. S. Liu

The interplay between non-Hermiticity and disorder gives rise to unique universality classes of Anderson transitions. Here, we develop a field-theoretical description of non-Hermitian disordered systems based on fermionic replica nonlinear…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-02-10 Ze Chen , Kohei Kawabata , Anish Kulkarni , Shinsei Ryu

The localization lengths of long-range correlated disordered chains are studied for electronic wavefunctions in the Anderson model and for vibrational states. A scaling theory close to the band edge is developed in the Anderson model and…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-07 Stefanie Russ

We study non-Hermitian Aubry-Andr\'{e}-Harper models with p-wave pairing, where the non-Hermiticity is introduced by on-site complex quasiperiodic potentials. By analysing the $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry breaking, winding numbers of energy…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-06-30 Xiaoming Cai

Boundary conditions can have dramatic impact in non-Hermitian systems, as exemplified by the non-Hermitian skin effect. Focusing on one-dimensional non-Hermitian quasiperioidic lattices, we show that the interplay of quasiperiodicity and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 Wenzhi Wang , Tianyu Li , Wei Yi

Uncorrelated disorder potential in one-dimensional lattice definitely induces Anderson localization, while quasiperiodic potential can lead to both localized and extended phases, depending on the potential strength. We investigate the…

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Anderson localization and the non-Hermitian skin effect are two distinct confinement phenomena of the eigenfunctions that are driven, respectively, by disorder and nonreciprocity. Understanding their interplay within a unified framework…

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Anderson localization, i.e. the suppression of diffusion in lattices with random or incommensurate disorder, is a fragile interference phenomenon which is spoiled out in the presence of dephasing effects or fluctuating disorder. As a…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-10 Stefano Longhi

Using the Anderson model for disordered systems the fluctuations in electron spectra near the metal--insulator transition were numerically calculated for lattices of sizes up to 28 x 28 x 28 sites. The results show a finite--size scaling of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Kh. Zharekeshev , B. Kramer

We investigate finite two-dimensional disordered systems with periodic confinement. At low energies, eigenstates exhibit strong Anderson localization, while at higher energies a subset of states exhibits variational scarring with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Fartash Chalangari , Anant Vijay Varma , Joonas Keski-Rahkonen , Esa Räsänen

The presence of disorder can severely impede wave transport, resulting in the famous Anderson localization. Previous theoretical studies found that Anderson transition can exist in one-dimensional (1D) non-Hermitian disordered rings with…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Wei Wang , Xulong Wang , Guancong Ma

We studied the single-particle Anderson localization problem for non-Hermitian systems on directed graphs. Random regular graph and various undirected standard random graph models were modified by controlling reciprocity and hopping…

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