Topological non-Hermitian skin effect

R Lin, T Tai, L Li, CH Lee - Frontiers of Physics, 2023 - Springer
This article reviews recent developments in the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE),
particularly on its rich interplay with topology. The review starts off with a pedagogical …

Controlling mass and energy diffusion with metamaterials

F Yang, Z Zhang, L Xu, Z Liu, P **, P Zhuang… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024 - APS
Diffusion driven by temperature or concentration gradients is a fundamental mechanism of
energy and mass transport that inherently differs from wave propagation in both physical …

A second wave of topological phenomena in photonics and acoustics

X Zhang, F Zangeneh-Nejad, ZG Chen, MH Lu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Light and sound are the most ubiquitous forms of waves, associated with a variety of
phenomena and physical effects such as rainbows and echoes. Light and sound, both …

Defining stable phases of open quantum systems

T Rakovszky, S Gopalakrishnan, C Von Keyserlingk - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
The steady states of dynamical processes can exhibit stable nontrivial phases, which can
also serve as fault-tolerant classical or quantum memories. For Markovian quantum …

Ring structure in the complex plane: A fingerprint of a non-Hermitian mobility edge

SZ Li, Z Li - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
By Avila's global theory, we analytically reveal that the non-Hermitian mobility edge will take
on a ring structure in the complex plane, which we name as the “mobility ring”. The …

Dimensional transmutation from non-hermiticity

H Jiang, CH Lee - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Dimensionality plays a fundamental role in the classification of novel phases and their
responses. In generic lattices of 2D and beyond, however, we found that non-Hermitian …

Non-Hermitian photonic band winding and skin effects: a tutorial

H Wang, J Zhong, S Fan - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Non-Hermitian band structures have gained considerable attention due to the novel
phenomena not present in their Hermitian counterparts and their connection to various …

PT-like phase transition and limit cycle oscillations in non-reciprocally coupled optomechanical oscillators levitated in vacuum

V Liška, T Zemánková, P Jákl, M Šiler, SH Simpson… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Nanoparticles levitated in an optical trap provide a versatile platform to study mechanical
oscillators in a controlled environment with tuneable parameters. Recently, it has become …