Defect-driven incoherent skin localization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10298v2
• Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:20:23 GMT
• Title: Defect-driven incoherent skin localization
• Authors: Emmanouil T. Kokkinakis, Konstantinos G. Makris, Eleftherios N. Economou,
• Abstract summary: We show how the interplay of dephasing with non-Hermitian defects can be harnessed to engineer wave localization.<n>By reframing dephasing from a hindrance into a tool, this study overturns established paradigms of wave localization.
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• Abstract: The process of dephasing during wave evolution has traditionally been viewed as an obstacle to localization, leading to diffusion even in strongly disordered Hermitian lattices. In contrast, here we demonstrate how the interplay of dephasing with non-Hermitian defects can be harnessed to engineer wave localization. Specifically, we identify a novel dynamical localization phenomenon characterized by wavefunction accumulation at the lattice's boundary due solely to dephasing, despite globally reciprocal couplings. Furthermore, we study the incoherent skin effect arising from coupling asymmetry, and investigate the interplay between these antagonistic localization mechanisms. By reframing dephasing from a hindrance into a tool, this study overturns established paradigms of wave localization and paves the way for novel approaches to controlling localization phenomena in non-Hermitian physics.

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