Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-13-2023

Abstract

In a class of non-Hermitian quantum walk in lossy lattices with open boundary conditions, an unexpected peak in the distribution of the decay probabilities appears at the edge, referred to as an edge burst. It is proposed that the edge burst originates jointly from the non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) and the imaginary gaplessness of the spectrum [W.-T. Xue et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 120401 (2022)]. Using a particular one-dimensional lossy lattice with a nonuniform loss rate, we show that the edge burst can occur even in the absence of skin localizations. Furthermore, we discuss that the edge burst may not appear if the spectrum satisfies the imaginary gapless condition. Aside from its fundamental importance, by removing the restrictions on observing the edge burst effect, our results open the door to broader design space for future applications of the edge burst effect.

Comments

© 2023 American Physical Society. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.L140302

Publication Title

Physical Review B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.L140302

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