Geometric Origin of Non-Bloch PT Symmetry Breaking

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.13491v2
• Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 02:07:02 GMT
• Title: Geometric Origin of Non-Bloch PT Symmetry Breaking
• Authors: Yu-Min Hu, Hong-Yi Wang, Zhong Wang, Fei Song
• Abstract summary: Recently, it has been demonstrated that the non-Hermitian skin effect generates a new type of PT symmetry, dubbed the non-Bloch PT symmetry. Here, we uncover the geometric mechanism of non-Bloch PT symmetry and its breaking. We predict a new type of spectral singularity singularities associated with the symmetry breaking, dubbed non-Bloch van Hove.
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• Abstract: The parity-time (PT) symmetry of a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian leads to real (complex) energy spectrum when the non-Hermiticity is below (above) a threshold. Recently, it has been demonstrated that the non-Hermitian skin effect generates a new type of PT symmetry, dubbed the non-Bloch PT symmetry, featuring unique properties such as high sensitivity to the boundary condition. Despite its relevance to a wide range of non-Hermitian lattice systems, a general theory is still lacking for this generic phenomenon even in one spatial dimension. Here, we uncover the geometric mechanism of non-Bloch PT symmetry and its breaking. We find that non-Bloch PT symmetry breaking occurs by the formation of cusps in the generalized Brillouin zone (GBZ). Based on this geometric understanding, we propose an exact formula that efficiently determines the breaking threshold. Moreover, we predict a new type of spectral singularities associated with the symmetry breaking, dubbed non-Bloch van Hove singularity, whose physical mechanism fundamentally differs from their Hermitian counterparts. This singularity is experimentally observable in linear responses.

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