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Main Authors: de Bruijn, Yannick, Davies, Bryn, Dupuy, Sacha, Hiltunen, Erik Orvehed
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.03757
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author de Bruijn, Yannick
Davies, Bryn
Dupuy, Sacha
Hiltunen, Erik Orvehed
author_facet de Bruijn, Yannick
Davies, Bryn
Dupuy, Sacha
Hiltunen, Erik Orvehed
contents Using a generalised Floquet-Bloch theory, we present a mathematical method to construct eigenvectors for non-Hermitian Toeplitz operators. We extend the method to both banded Toeplitz operators and those with algebraically decaying, fully dense off-diagonal structure. We present sharp decay estimates for the amplitude of bulk eigenmodes as well as eigenmodes associated with defect eigenfrequencies inside the spectral band gap. The validity of those results is illustrated numerically and we show that banded approximations give poor reconstructions of the dense operators, due to the slow algebraic decay. We apply the insights gained to model the non-Hermitian skin effect in a three-dimensional system of subwavelength resonators, where the corresponding operator exhibits only algebraic decay of off-diagonal entries. We use our approach to demonstrate the fundamental mechanism responsible for the transition between the non-Hermitian skin effect and defect-induced localisation in the bulk.
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spellingShingle Spectra and pseudospectra of non-Hermitian Toeplitz operators: Eigenvector decay transitions in banded and dense matrices
de Bruijn, Yannick
Davies, Bryn
Dupuy, Sacha
Hiltunen, Erik Orvehed
Analysis of PDEs
Using a generalised Floquet-Bloch theory, we present a mathematical method to construct eigenvectors for non-Hermitian Toeplitz operators. We extend the method to both banded Toeplitz operators and those with algebraically decaying, fully dense off-diagonal structure. We present sharp decay estimates for the amplitude of bulk eigenmodes as well as eigenmodes associated with defect eigenfrequencies inside the spectral band gap. The validity of those results is illustrated numerically and we show that banded approximations give poor reconstructions of the dense operators, due to the slow algebraic decay. We apply the insights gained to model the non-Hermitian skin effect in a three-dimensional system of subwavelength resonators, where the corresponding operator exhibits only algebraic decay of off-diagonal entries. We use our approach to demonstrate the fundamental mechanism responsible for the transition between the non-Hermitian skin effect and defect-induced localisation in the bulk.
title Spectra and pseudospectra of non-Hermitian Toeplitz operators: Eigenvector decay transitions in banded and dense matrices
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.03757