Observation of non-Hermitian topology with non-unitary dynamics of solid-state spins

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.09191v1
• Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:00:04 GMT
• Title: Observation of non-Hermitian topology with non-unitary dynamics of solid-state spins
• Authors: Wengang Zhang, Xiaolong Ouyang, Xianzhi Huang, Xin Wang, Huili Zhang, Yefei Yu, Xiuying Chang, Yanqing Liu, Dong-Ling Deng, L.-M. Duan
• Abstract summary: Non-Hermitian topological phases exhibit a number of exotic features. Non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) Hamiltonian is prototypical model for studying non-Hermitian topological phases.
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• Abstract: Non-Hermitian topological phases exhibit a number of exotic features that have no Hermitian counterparts, including the skin effect and breakdown of the conventional bulk-boundary correspondence. Here, we implement the non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) Hamiltonian, which is a prototypical model for studying non-Hermitian topological phases, with a solid-state quantum simulator consisting of an electron spin and a $^{13}$C nuclear spin in a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in a diamond. By employing a dilation method, we realize the desired non-unitary dynamics for the electron spin and map out its spin texture in the momentum space, from which the corresponding topological invariant can be obtained directly. Our result paves the way for further exploiting and understanding the intriguing properties of non-Hermitian topological phases with solid-state spins or other quantum simulation platforms.

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