Interplay between defects and the non-Hermitian skin effect

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.06530v1
• Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 06:22:22 GMT
• Title: Interplay between defects and the non-Hermitian skin effect
• Authors: Yin Huang, Wenna Zhang, Yu Zhou, Yuecheng Shen, Georgios Veronis, Wenchen Luo,
• Abstract summary: We study the interplay of the non-Hermitian skin effect and a defect in non-reciprocal one-dimensional lattices.<n>We demonstrate a novel class of hybrid skin-defect states in finite-size systems.<n>Our work promotes the understanding of the interplay between defects and the NHSE.
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• Abstract: The non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) is an intriguing phenomenon in which an extensive number of bulk eigenstates localize at the boundaries of a non-Hermitian system with non-reciprocal hoppings. Here we study the interplay of this effect and a defect in non-reciprocal one-dimensional lattices. We show that the interplay of the NHSE and defects is size-dependent. We demonstrate a novel class of hybrid skin-defect states in finite-size systems resulting from the coupling between the skin and defect states. Next, we consider a single defect in a topologically nontrivial lattice with time-reversal symmetry based on the non-reciprocal Su-Schrieffer-Heeger configuration. We unveil how topologically nontrivial defect states and non-Hermiticity interplay by competing with each other, exhibiting a transition from topologically nontrivial defect states to skin states. In addition, we show that decreasing the defect strength can result in a transition from trivial defect states to skin states. Our work promotes the understanding of the interplay between defects and the NHSE, and especially the importance of the energy spectra of the system with the defect under periodic boundary conditions.

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