Critical hybridization of skin modes in coupled non-Hermitian chains

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作者
Rafi-Ul-Islam, S. M. [1 ]
Siu, Zhuo Bin [1 ]
Sahin, Haydar [1 ,2 ]
Lee, Ching Hua [3 ]
Jalil, Mansoor B. A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Singapore, Singapore
[2] Agcy Sci Technol & Res, Inst High Performance Comp, Singapore, Singapore
[3] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Phys, Singapore, Singapore
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH | 2022年 / 4卷 / 01期
关键词
TOPOLOGICAL STATES;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.013243
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Non-Hermitian topological systems exhibit a plethora of unusual topological phenomena including the extreme localization of eigenstates, known as the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE), which occurs in open chains. However, the non-Hermitian characteristics of coupled non-Hermitian chains remain largely unexplored. Here, we report on the eigenstate localization in coupled non-Hermitian chains with dissimilar inverse skin lengths in which the NHSE can be switched on and off by modulating the interchain coupling strength. In the limit of small interchain strength, the NHSE is present at both ends of the coupled system because of the weak hybridization of the eigenstates of the individual chains. The eigenspectrum under open boundary conditions (OBC) exhibits a discontinuous jump known as the critical NHSE (CNHSE) as the chain length increases. However, when the interchain coupling strength and hence, the hybridization between eigenstates become significant, the NHSE and CNHSE vanish. Instead, a peculiar "half-half skin localization" occurs in composite chains with opposite signs of inverse skin lengths, where half of the eigenstates are exponentially localized at one chain and the remainder of the eigenstates on the other chain. Our results provide new insights into the non-Hermitian phenomena in coupled systems.
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