Non-Hermitian skin effect and electronic nonlocal transport

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Main Authors: Payá, Carlos, Solow, Oliver, Prada, Elsa, Aguado, Ramón, Flensberg, Karsten
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Published: 2025
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author Payá, Carlos
Solow, Oliver
Prada, Elsa
Aguado, Ramón
Flensberg, Karsten
author_facet Payá, Carlos
Solow, Oliver
Prada, Elsa
Aguado, Ramón
Flensberg, Karsten
contents Open quantum systems governed by non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonians exhibit unique phenomena, such as the non-Hermitian skin effect, where eigenstates localize at system boundaries. We investigate this effect in a Rashba nanowire coupled to a ferromagnetic lead and demonstrate that it can be detected via nonlocal transport spectroscopy: while local conductance remains symmetric, the nonlocal conductance becomes nonreciprocal. We account for this behavior using both conventional transport arguments and the framework of non-Hermitian physics. Furthermore, we explain that exceptional points shift in parameter space when transitioning from periodic to open boundary conditions, a phenomenon observed in other non-Hermitian systems but so far not explained. Our results establish transport spectroscopy as a tool to probe non-Hermitian effects in open electronic systems.
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spellingShingle Non-Hermitian skin effect and electronic nonlocal transport
Payá, Carlos
Solow, Oliver
Prada, Elsa
Aguado, Ramón
Flensberg, Karsten
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Open quantum systems governed by non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonians exhibit unique phenomena, such as the non-Hermitian skin effect, where eigenstates localize at system boundaries. We investigate this effect in a Rashba nanowire coupled to a ferromagnetic lead and demonstrate that it can be detected via nonlocal transport spectroscopy: while local conductance remains symmetric, the nonlocal conductance becomes nonreciprocal. We account for this behavior using both conventional transport arguments and the framework of non-Hermitian physics. Furthermore, we explain that exceptional points shift in parameter space when transitioning from periodic to open boundary conditions, a phenomenon observed in other non-Hermitian systems but so far not explained. Our results establish transport spectroscopy as a tool to probe non-Hermitian effects in open electronic systems.
title Non-Hermitian skin effect and electronic nonlocal transport
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00921