Exceptional Topological Signatures of Non-Hermitian Photonic Hopf-Link Braids

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.02589v1
• Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:32:50 GMT
• Title: Exceptional Topological Signatures of Non-Hermitian Photonic Hopf-Link Braids
• Abstract summary: We show that mixing multiple nonreciprocal channels drives the system into highly intricate, nested complex energy Hopf-link braids.<n>We also show that the gain-loss non-Hermiticity drives a topological crossover where the extended exceptional contours constrict into isolated regimes.
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• Abstract: Non-Hermitian physics endows the non-Abelian systems with exceptional topology characterized by non-commutative braid patterns. Interplay of distinct competing sources of non-Hermiticity may induce novel topological effects. Here, we provide a generalized Hatano-Nelson model with higher-order nonreciprocal hoppings, non-Abelian gauge fields, and staggered gain-loss processes showing the exceptional topological structure of the Hopf-link braids that undergoes a EP-mediated topological phase transition. We demonstrate that mixing multiple nonreciprocal channels drives the system into highly intricate, nested complex energy Hopf-link braids and expands the topological landscape up to higher-order braiding sectors. Furthermore, utilizing biorthogonal eigenvector tracking, we map the structural evolution of the exceptional phase boundaries via the maximum Petermann factor in the phase angle parameter planes. We show that the gain-loss non-Hermiticity drives a topological crossover where the extended exceptional contours constrict into isolated regimes. The demonstration of EP-mediated topological phase transition of Hopf-link braids and the associated rich exceptional phase portraits may offer new physical insights with promising applications in robust, fault-tolerant communication channels and quantum computing platforms.

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