Enhancement of Second-Order Non-Hermitian Skin Effect by Magnetic Fields
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| author | Li, Chang-An Trauzettel, Björn Neupert, Titus Zhang, Song-Bo |
| author_facet | Li, Chang-An Trauzettel, Björn Neupert, Titus Zhang, Song-Bo |
| contents | The non-Hermitian skin effect is a unique phenomenon in which an extensive number of eigenstates are localized at the boundaries of a non-Hermitian system. Recent studies show that the non-Hermitian skin effect is significantly suppressed by magnetic fields. In contrast, we demonstrate that the second-order skin effect (SOSE) is robust and can even be enhanced by magnetic fields. Remarkably, SOSE can also be induced by magnetic fields from a trivial non-Hermitian system that does not experience any skin effect at zero field. These properties are intimately related to to the persistence and emergence of topological line gaps in the complex energy spectrum in presence of magnetic fields. Moreover, we show that a magnetic field can drive a non-Hermitian system from a hybrid skin effect, where the first-order skin effect and SOSE coexist, to pure SOSE. Our results describe a qualitatively new magnetic field behavior of the non-Hermitian skin effect. |
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| spellingShingle | Enhancement of Second-Order Non-Hermitian Skin Effect by Magnetic Fields Li, Chang-An Trauzettel, Björn Neupert, Titus Zhang, Song-Bo Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics The non-Hermitian skin effect is a unique phenomenon in which an extensive number of eigenstates are localized at the boundaries of a non-Hermitian system. Recent studies show that the non-Hermitian skin effect is significantly suppressed by magnetic fields. In contrast, we demonstrate that the second-order skin effect (SOSE) is robust and can even be enhanced by magnetic fields. Remarkably, SOSE can also be induced by magnetic fields from a trivial non-Hermitian system that does not experience any skin effect at zero field. These properties are intimately related to to the persistence and emergence of topological line gaps in the complex energy spectrum in presence of magnetic fields. Moreover, we show that a magnetic field can drive a non-Hermitian system from a hybrid skin effect, where the first-order skin effect and SOSE coexist, to pure SOSE. Our results describe a qualitatively new magnetic field behavior of the non-Hermitian skin effect. |
| title | Enhancement of Second-Order Non-Hermitian Skin Effect by Magnetic Fields |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.14691 |