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We investigate the emergence of unconventional corner mode in a two-dimensional topolectrical circuits induced by asymmetric couplings. The non-Hermitian skin effect of two kinked one-dimensional lattices with multiple asymmetric couplings…

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Non-reciprocal lattice systems are among the simplest non-Hermitian systems, exhibiting several key features absent in their Hermitian counterparts. In this study, we investigate the Hatano-Nelson model with impurity and unveil how the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-11 Nico G. Leumer , Dario Bercioux

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit unique boundary phenomena absent in their Hermitian counterparts, most notably the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE). In this work, we explore a lattice model consisting of two coupled non-reciprocal chains,…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-12 Yixuan Li , Linhu Li , Zhihao Xu

From biological ecosystems to spin glasses, connectivity plays a crucial role in determining the function, dynamics, and resiliency of a network. In the realm of non-Hermitian physics, the possibility of complex and asymmetric exchange…

The skin effect, where bulk modes collapse into boundary modes, is a key phenomenon in topological non-Hermitian systems, has been predominantly studied in spinless systems. Recent studies illustrate the magnetic suppression of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-19 Wenna Zhang , Yutao Hu , Hongyi Zhang , Xiang Liu , Georgios Veronis , Yuecheng Shen , Yin Huang , Wenchen Luo , Andrea Alu`

Two-dimensional non-Hermitian photonic lattices with asymmetric couplings offer rich possibilities for controlling wave localization, through the emergence of the non-Hermitian skin effect at lattice corners or sides. Incorporating optical…

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A system is non-Hermitian when it exchanges energy with its environment and non-reciprocal when it behaves differently upon the interchange of input and response. Within the field of metamaterial research on synthetic topological matter,…

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit a distinctive phenomenon known as the non-Hermitian skin effect, where an extensive number of eigenstates become localized at the boundaries of a lattice with open boundaries. While the spectral winding number…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-17 Wuping Yang , H. Huang

Non-Hermitian skin effect denotes the exponential localization of a large number of eigen-states in a non-Hermitian lattice under open boundary conditions. Such a non-Hermiticity-induced skin effect can offset the penetration depth of…

Optics · Physics 2021-11-17 Qinghui Yan , Hongsheng Chen , Yihao Yang

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

We investigate non-Hermitian elastic lattices characterized by non-local feedback control interactions. In one-dimensional lattices, we show that the proportional control interactions produce complex dispersion relations characterized by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Matheus I. N. Rosa , Massimo Ruzzene

Topological modes (TMs) are typically localized at boundaries, interfaces and dislocations, and exponentially decay into the bulk of a large enough lattice. Recently, the non-Hermitian skin effect has been leveraged to delocalize the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-13 Kai Bai , Jia-Zheng Li , Tian-Rui Liu , Liang Fang , Duanduan Wan , Meng Xiao

A striking feature of non-Hermitian tight-binding Hamiltonians is the high sensitivity of both spectrum and eigenstates to boundary conditions. Indeed, if the spectrum under periodic boundary conditions is point gapped, by opening the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 Federico Roccati

A non-Hermitian system can exhibit extensive sensitivity of its complex energy spectrum to the imposed boundary conditions, which is beyond any known phenomenon from Hermitian systems. In addition to topologically protected boundary modes,…

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In this paper, we establish an effective edge theory to characterize non-Hermitian edge-skin modes in higher dimensions. We begin by proposing a bulk projection criterion to straightforwardly identify the localized edges of skin modes.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Kai Zhang , Zhesen Yang , Kai Sun

The non-Hermitian skin effect is an iconic phenomenon characterized by the aggregation of eigenstates near the system boundaries in non-Hermitian systems. While extensively studied in one dimension, understanding the skin effect and…

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Band structures of metamaterials described by a nonlinear eigenvalue problem are beyond the existing topological band theory. In this paper, we analyze non-Hermitian topology under the nonlinearity of eigenvalues. Specifically, we elucidate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-19 Tsuneya Yoshida , Takuma Isobe , Yasuhiro Hatsugai

Non-Hermitian skin effect, which is a unique feature of non-Hermitian systems, exhibits the formation of an extensive number of boundary modes under open boundary conditions. However, its manifestation in higher dimensions remains elusive.…

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Explorations of symmetry and topology have led to important breakthroughs in quantum optics, but much richer behaviors arise from the non-Hermitian nature of light-matter interactions. A high-reflectivity, non-Hermitian optical mirror can…

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