Non-Hermitian topology and exceptional-point geometries

K Ding, C Fang, G Ma - Nature Reviews Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Non-Hermitian theory is a theoretical framework used to describe open systems. It offers a
powerful tool in the characterization of both the intrinsic degrees of freedom of a system and …

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 …

Non-Hermitian topology in static mechanical metamaterials

A Wang, Z Meng, CQ Chen - Science advances, 2023 - science.org
The combination of broken Hermiticity and band topology in physical systems unveils a
novel bound state dubbed as the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE). Active control that …

-symmetric quantum mechanics

CM Bender, DW Hook - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2024 - APS
It is generally assumed that a Hamiltonian for a physically acceptable quantum system (one
that has a positive-definite spectrum and obeys the requirement of unitarity) must be …

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 …

Hyperbolic topological band insulators

DM Urwyler, PM Lenggenhager, I Boettcher… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Recently, hyperbolic lattices that tile the negatively curved hyperbolic plane emerged as a
new paradigm of synthetic matter, and their energy levels were characterized by a band …

Dynamically crossing diabolic points while encircling exceptional curves: A programmable symmetric-asymmetric multimode switch

II Arkhipov, A Miranowicz, F Minganti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nontrivial spectral properties of non-Hermitian systems can lead to intriguing effects with no
counterparts in Hermitian systems. For instance, in a two-mode photonic system, by …

Universal competitive spectral scaling from the critical non-Hermitian skin effect

F Qin, Y Ma, R Shen, CH Lee - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Recently, it was discovered that certain non-Hermitian systems can exhibit qualitative
different properties at different system sizes, such as being gapless at small sizes and …

Non-Hermitian skin effect beyond the tight-binding models

S Longhi - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
The energy bands of non-Hermitian systems exhibit nontrivial topological features that arise
from the complex nature of the energy spectrum. Under periodic boundary conditions …

Non-Hermitian skin effect in a one-dimensional interacting Bose gas

L Mao, Y Hao, L Pan - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) is a unique feature studied extensively in noninteracting
non-Hermitian systems. In this paper, we extend the NHSE originally discovered in …